Today, science can narrow down potential oil reserves with surprising accuracy — especially when it comes to shale oil, found ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if Mars weren't there?" ...

EARTHDAY.ORG, together with partners worldwide, today announces the global theme for Earth Day 2026: Our Power, Our Planet-a ...

The space rock, known as "2026 AJ" and 40 feet in diameter, is hurtling toward our planet at around 20,500 miles per hour.

Scientists are using powerful telescopes to study exoplanet atmospheres for signs of life. New missions could soon reveal ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Since this past September, Saturn’s been the best planet to enjoy through even a small telescope, even though its ring system ...

A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a ...

The Ring Nebula has a mysterious iron bar inside it. Scientists had never seen anything like it before, and the discovery has left them shocked. Where did this iron come from? Could it have been left ...

Parts of the ocean reached temperatures of -15°C (5°F) without freezing 717-660 million years ago, geologists and geochemists ...

For more than a century, the idea that life might have arrived on our planet from elsewhere in the cosmos sat at the fringes ...