If an Earth-like planet awaits beyond Neptune, it promises to open a new chapter in planetary science. Note: Materials ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

Potentially deadly comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new ...

Located 690 light years away from the Sun, the newest discovered planet is third most dense sub-Saturn class located at the ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

The new study suggests that the planet experienced a swift and intense melting phase following the last global ice age. At ...

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new ...

2024 may be a record-shattering year of intense heat, not just for us humans, but also for our planet. In this very year, we ...

The Martian new year arrives with the Red Planet’s vernal equinox. Explaining why requires a deep dive into celestial ...

A trio of physicists, two with Coventry University, in the U.K., and the third with Laboratoire National des Champs ...

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the ...