This fun simulation places the viewer in a hypothetically indestructible suit and shows what it would be like to fall from ...

To reach that surprisingly conclusion, scientists studied the positions of 21 asteroid impact craters during the Ordovician period – the second of six periods in the ...

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...

Saturn comes second to Jupiter in many respects—in size, age, prominence of stripes—but in terms of scientific intrigue, it ...

Saturn's moon, Titan, is the only other celestial body we know of where long-lasting reservoirs of liquid pool on the surface ...

Did Earth once look a lot more like Saturn? Scientists believe the answer is yes! In a groundbreaking study, researchers in ...

Dave Eggers is the author of “The Circle,” “What Is the What” and, most recently, “The Eyes and the Impossible,” winner of ...

From eclipse season to retrograde transits, your biggest challenge this month revolves around re-evaluating your path and ...

Carbon comes in two forms. One is graphite, which is soft, black, greasy and hard to wash off clothes. It is widely used as a ...

During a lunar eclipse the sun, Earth and moon lie in almost a straight line. The umbral shadow is where the planet's bulk ...

Throughout Earth's history, the planet's surface has been regularly impacted by comets, meteors, and the occasional large ...