Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

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

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

The dataset covers the period between September 2004 and December 2023 and will enable researchers to explore and model some ...

Thirty years after the discovery of the first exoplanet, astronomers have detected more than 7,000 of them in our galaxy. But there are still billions more to be discovered. At the same time, ...

Planet Labs Wednesday announced a new $230 million multi-year partnership extension with an unidentified Asian-Pacfic ...

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years—and pinpoints why.

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

The second lunar lander from Japanese space exploration company ispace snapped a stunning image of the Earth as it prepares for its journey to the moon.

BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the building blocks of DNA and RNA were present ...