A 2014 astronaut photo shows a pair of volcanic lakes appearing to stare up into space from the Chiltepe Peninsula of ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

Three missions aimed at observing space weather are set to launch Sept. 23 from Florida. Here's what to know about NASA's ...

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

A recently observed object called 2025 PN7 was found orbiting near the Earth. The quasi-moon is expected to accompany our planet in a similar orbit for 60 years.

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

Sooner or later, a sizable asteroid could impact a populated area on Earth. How is the US, and the world, preparing?

A study conducted on a near-Earth asteroid could call into question details we thought we knew about how our planet's oceans came to be, researchers have said. The team of experts, based in Japan, ...

Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have ...

The University at Albany is starting new majors related to climate change, but students won't just study science. Economics, ...