Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...

In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against the backdrop of a warming world. Here, we look at the effects of extreme weather on a ...

The more water from the polar regions flows into the world’s oceans— particularly into equatorial areas—the more significant the drag factor on the speed at which Earth rotates, says the paper.

“Perhaps people are even more cognizant now of the limits to human survival,” says Basmajian. And, perhaps by considering ...

Scientists until then had believed that the ... are the earliest evidence on Earth of large, biologically complex beings. There are now more than 50 different Ediacaran forms known, from nearly ...

Voyager 1 is now in interstellar space and if anyone ever finds it they will discover a gold disc including 117 images, human ...

Now, it has become close enough to be pulled in by our gravity. It will stay with us until November, when it will stop being ...

Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

We know now that the moon doesn't need our protection ... So if something were to block that sunlight, say the earth, then, in theory, the moon should disappear from view. But during a total ...

Earth was a frozen wasteland. Then, rising CO2 caused a catastrophic thaw, turning Earth into a "slushy" planet.

Are the Northern Lights dangerous? Solar storms in May and October saw intense displays of aurora borealis across the U.S.

Now, it has become close enough to be pulled in by our gravity. It will stay with us until November, when it will stop being bound to Earth and we will leave it behind. Then it will stay on its new ...