COP29 fizzled out as catastrophe looms. Could a mass change in political consciousness still stave off the worst?

Panspermia is the hypothesis that life can survive the transfer between planetary bodies as a secondary path for life to get ...

Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a spiral galaxy, named UGC 10043. We don’t see the galaxy’s spiral arms because we are seeing it from the side. Located roughly 150 million ...

Interactions between Earth and the solar system have profoundly shaped the planet’s history, influencing evolution and ...

Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles have been found in England, and they may have been part of a "sacred arc," an ...

Microorganisms on a sample of asteroid are clearly terrestrial — despite strict protocols to avoid contamination.

In the last century alone, material changes to the average standard of living have dramatically improved human health and ...

This 2023 satellite photo shows New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, which is surrounded by a near-perfect circle of deformed trees. The volcano was recently granted the same legal rights as a person.

Famously known for its extensive ring system, Saturn is one of four planets in our solar system that have the distinctive ...

Famously known for its extensive ring system, Saturn is one of four planets in our solar system that have the distinctive ...

Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped ...