With an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,760 kilometers), our planet Earth is the biggest of the terrestrial planets and the fifth largest planet in our solar system. It is the only planet in the ...

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A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals insights about the Earth’s core. While we often learn about the inner and outer ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a cameo appearance of the tiny moon Phobos on its trek around the Red Planet. This composite image, from NASA Galileo and Mars Global Survey orbiters, of Earth ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...

Was a powerful cosmic explosion seen by the Einstein Probe launched by a supermassive black hole snacking on a star, by a gamma-ray burst, or by something entirely new?

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Officials in Philadelphia say they have been in close contact with the Mexican consulate following a medical plane crash that was carrying Mexican nationals. In less than a minute, a Mexico-bound air ...

You would expect a Republican president to name-drop Ronald Reagan. President Donald Trump has thrust the 25th U.S. president (1897-1901) back into the spotlight, restoring his name to the continent’s ...

Climate Change Affects Airplane Flights Climate change isn't just impacting the ground; it's reaching up into the skies, too.

“All of the aircraft are maintained, not a penny is spared because we know our mission is so critical.” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a news conference late Friday that officials ...