Ever since the ancient Greeks first made observations of the circular Moon and the skies, scientists have known that the ...
The celestial object is more than just a guest staying over for a quick visit. It's here to stay, or at least until ...
Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.
Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...
There's nothing innate about the Earth or its atmosphere that marks the boundaries of low Earth orbit. This is a distinction ...
A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...
This theory comes from the work of Ian Pamerleau, a PhD student, and Mike Sori, assistant professor in Purdue’s Department of ...
Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon ...
The world’s biggest polluters and strongest economies — China and the United States — aren’t sending their No. 1s. Neither ...
A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.
BAKU, Azerbaijan — World leaders are converging Tuesday at the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan ...
The fourth and final supermoon of the year will occur on Friday, Nov. 15. The November full moon is also called the "Beaver ...