The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.

It’s not much of a stretch to say that Earth’s inner structure, especially the innermost spherical core, has stupefied ...

Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and ...

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

Mars may look like a dry and dusty world, but just beneath its surface lies one of the most surprising discoveries in ...

We know that regular supernovas pose no existential threat to life on Earth in the near-term. But there are other varieties ...

Jupiter’s striking size, swirling gases, and dramatic bands in its atmosphere set it apart from every other planet. One of ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, wrapped tightly around our planet. In fact, the atmosphere consists of multiple layers, with some scientists of the opinion that the atmosphere ...

In the study, SMU researchers present new glacial erosion rates estimated from sediment accumulations in Lago Argentino, ...

Scientists believe the MFF’s ice, protected by layers of dust or ash, could reveal clues about Mars' ancient, water-rich past ...

The ancient crater’s discovery in the Pilbara suggests meteorite impacts may have kickstarted Earth's first continents, and ...