Scientists are uncovering signs that Earth has been hit by powerful cosmic blasts that leave little trace on the surface yet ...

Quantum communication has quietly crossed a new threshold, with researchers now showing that fragile quantum states can be ...

Scientists found 3.3 billion-year-old biosignatures in ancient meteorites and fossils—a billion years older than we thought ...

Scientists are sharpening their forecasts for how long Earth can remain a comfortable home for complex organisms, and the ...

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

About 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) below our feet, two enormous patches of strange rock sit above Earth’s core. New ...

Though the exact length of a "stadia" is unknown, his measurement is thought to be accurate to within one percent of the ...

I nterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will make its closest approach to Earth this month, whizzing by at 270 million kilometers (168 million miles) away, putting on a show for anyone equipped even with a small ...

To author Anjana Khatwa, rocks are “storykeepers of time.” She blends science and spirituality to explore the origin story of our world.

This week may go down as the beginning of one of those calendar-compressing occasions, for it was when LandSpace became the ...

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and life sciences (including physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, soil science, geology, and geography) to the ...