Earth" planet pretty close to us, just outside our solar system! This planet, called Proxima Centauri b, orbits our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. It’s called a "Super-Earth" because it’s ...

A remarkable aspen forest that sprouted from a single seedling makes "the Roman Empire seem like a recent phenomenon." ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf ... “There is some luck involved,” Zhang admitted, ...

The strange creature—which bears a question-mark shape on its body—roved about like a prehistoric Roomba, researchers said.

This brings us to eROSITA, the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics' powerful space-based X-ray telescope. Led by ...

Most of Earth’s meteorites can be linked to just ... of the mineralogically matching Koronis 2 asteroid family, the team found that many of those asteroids existed unified as a single asteroid ...

“Until now, the oldest geological layer in which living microorganisms had been found was a 100-million-year-old deposit ... we may be able to understand the evolution of very early life on Earth.” ...

Nuclear fission has powered our world and medical advancements for decades. What exactly happens when an atom's nucleus splits into two parts?

Environmental justice advocates said they intentionally broke the law in hopes of putting the GAF shingle factory on trial.

Earth's crust, or the outermost shell of the planet, has drastically changed throughout geologic history, mostly due to the ...

We're about to dive into the world of a snake you might not have heard much about: the rough earth snake. This small, secretive snake is found in various parts of the United States, and while it might ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is approaching four years of activity on the Martian surface — and all this time, the rover has ...