Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to ...

Advocates of these end-of-the-world theories say we could be experiencing the onset of what the Bible and Christianity refer ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

Astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting two stars in the TOI-2267 binary system, 190 light-years away.

A team of U.S. scientists has discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on the planet in the Allan Hills region of ...

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

Stronger links between researchers who work on Earth’s and other planets’ atmospheres, and between the experimental, ...

The universe has quasi-moons, mini-moons, and moonlets, but no official definition of what counts as a moon.

Extreme heat forged Earth’s continents billions of years ago, creating the stable foundation that made life possible.

Hidden by the Sun’s glare, a new space object has been found lurking in our Solar System, and it's one of the fastest-moving ...

Kepler-452b is one of the most Earth-like planets ever discovered, orbiting a star much like our Sun. Located over 1,400 ...

JWST found a carbon-atmosphere planet orbiting a pulsar, challenging current models of how planets form. Scientific progress often comes from data that don’t fit our current understanding. This idea, ...