Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ...

In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks of life in the solar system, researchers have found rare meteorite pieces inside dust brought back ...

Global temperature rise may feel like it’s gradual, but the changes it brings can turn out to be sudden, massive, and self-reinforcing. These changes are what scientists call tipping points. When a ...

Brooks, which visits the Earth roughly every 71 years, was spotted releasing intriguing radio signals last year.

D.C.'s winter forecast hints at the first significant snowfall potentially arriving before Christmas! Here's the full ...

In case you don’t know, your Sun sign is your main zodiac sign—the one determined by your birthday. For the rest of your ...

The discovery of ancient water in a planet-forming disk reveals that some of the water found in comets—and maybe even Earth—is older than the disk's star itself, offering breakthrough insights into ...

Earth has entered a grim new climate reality. The planet has officially passed its first climate tipping point. Relentlessly rising heat in the oceans has now pushed corals around the world past their ...

The four presenters will have 10 minutes apiece to compete by using the planetarium visuals, explaining a part of the ...

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...

A few days ago, an inscrutable interstellar interloper made its closest approach to Mars, where a fleet of international spacecraft seek to unravel the red planet’s ancient mysteries. Several of the ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...