A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's ...

A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.

Planets, moons, and the quest for life beyond earth As we explore the vast expanse of space, we embark on a journey that ...

A hole in the atmosphere's ozone layer is the seventh-smallest since recovery began in 1992, the National Oceanic and ...

It is estimated that “giant impactors,” greater than 6.2 miles (10 kilometers ... occur when large meteorites hit Earth, and they form sedimentary layers in rocks that are known as spherule ...

It is estimated that “giant impactors,” greater than 6.2 miles (10 kilometers ... occur when large meteorites hit Earth, and ...

A robot powered by artificial intelligence created an abstract portrait of Alan Turing that could sell for an estimated ...

Earth’s solid outer layer, which includes the crust and the ... Related: Plate tectonics are 3.6 billion years old, oldest minerals on Earth reveal Nicholas van der Elst, a seismologist at ...

The white band on top of them is where the sediments were altered by massive volcanism, as evidenced by the gray/black basalt ...

A 'groundbreaking' orbital maneuver was conducted by Space Force's secretive military spaceplane. The aircraft is the ...

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

An intense X2.3-class flare was released by the sun yesterday, followed by several M-class flares, which caused a series of radio blackouts around the world.