Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ancient planetary impacts and ...

The intriguing question of whether a plane can outrun Earth’s rotation has been a topic of recent aviation discussions. This ...

Thanks to a speed-up of Earth's rotation, the length of the astronomical day and the length of the clock day aren't quite ...

Simulations and satellite data reveal that Earth's magnetic field is more complex than scientists had thought. Scientists ...

Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters— we can see that, in less than ...

NASA begins its second Mars trial in Houston, where four volunteers will live for a year in a printed habitat called the CHAPEA program.

Astronomers directly imaged a faint companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, solving a decades-old mystery about its strange ...

Explore the evolving rare earth hypothesis, highlighting new findings on habitability and the conditions for complex life on ...

The black hole was bigger than expected, and while the answer was hiding in plain sight, it still rewrites what we thought ...

Stocks are falling hard as the Nasdaq 100 breaks below its 50-day moving average and the VIX closes above 20. Here’s what the ...

It's been one Neptunian year—or about 165 Earth years—since astronomers first observed the most distant planet from the sun.

The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given rise to eukaryotic life.