“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

As more satellites, telescopes, and other spacecraft are built to be repairable, it will take reliable trajectories for service spacecraft to reach them safely. Researchers in the Department of ...

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

NASA said the system is thought to be moving at least 1.2 million miler per hour, nearly twice as fast as our solar system.

Situation is significant enough to warrant global planetary defence community's attention. Astronomers plan to use James Webb ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track ...

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

While congress talks about "Red, White and Blueland," Florida researchers view Greenland as a rich source of scientific clues.

A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.

Seismic wave data previously suggested the Earth’s hot inner core is slowing its spin. Now, researchers say it’s also ...