The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

The Smithsonian Institution will mark Earth Day on April 22, 2025, with a monthlong series of free events across its ...

Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Earth Day? We've got information on why we dedicate a day to our planet, when Earth ...

Astronomers used ALMA to observe Proxima Centauri and found frequent, intense flares that could destroy atmospheres of nearby ...

Many exciting events in April focus on Planet Earth at Emporia State University. Events at the Prophet Aquatic Research and ...

It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, wrapped tightly around our planet. In fact, the atmosphere consists of multiple layers, with some scientists of the opinion that the atmosphere ...

But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...

In a study published in Systematic Biology, researchers from Imperial College London, UCL, Dalhousie University and the ...

Needham native and astronaut Sunita Williams, along with fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore, spoke Monday for the first time ...