Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

A 200-foot-wide asteroid found in December has a one-in-83 chance of hitting Earth, according to space agencies.

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new planet which is six times as large as the Earth and could host alien life.

Astronomers who identified HD 20794 d say its proximity to its host star and orbital pattern suggest it could hold water.

In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...

NASA and other space agencies are tracking 2024 YR4, a near-Earth asteroid with a small chance of impacting our planet in ...

In mid-December of 2024, scientists officially updated the World Magnetic Model (WMM), which helps keep track of our planet’s ...