The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...

Comets SWAN and Lemmon will both swing by Earth and appear bright in the sky near the end of October. Here’s how to see them.

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Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could ...

It lights our sky and shapes our tides — but the Moon’s real story is stranger than fiction. From its impossible age to the ...

Scientists found that carbon enabled Earth’s core to solidify. Without it, the inner core may not exist. A team of scientists ...

Our most plausible creature is the large blood-sucking tick. On Earth, the deer tick Ixodes do swell to the size of a walnut ...

A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth’s malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that form in completely opposing chemical environments—a combination so unusual ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

Researchers discover hidden solar tornadoes that can disrupt Earth's systems - revealing why current space weather warnings ...

The moon's influence is huge, both for human civilization and life as a whole. Its destruction would have catastrophic ...

Photos have a way of immortalizing history in its rawest form, capturing the feelings, hardships, and victories in ways words ...