Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born inside the extreme stellar explosion.

Scientists discover a nearby planet with a molten interior and sulfur-rich atmosphere, L 98-59 d, revealing a possible new ...

Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...

Astronomers have identified a strange new kind of exoplanet that challenges how scientists classify worlds beyond our Solar System. The planet, L 98-59 d, appears to contain a vast ocean of molten ...

The traditional Habitable Zone (sometimes called the Goldilocks zone) is kind of like a campfire. If you sit too close, you ...

Earth’s gravity has a lot to do with what people think is up and what is down. Things fall down toward the ground, but that direction depends on where you are.

Humans were not designed for space. Ironically, because we insist on going there anyway, scientists now know from studying astronauts that the lack of Earth’s gravity can wreak health havoc, such as ...