Earth” orbits a relatively close, Sun-like star, and could be a habitable world – but one of extreme temperature swings, from scorching heat to deep freeze. Key Facts The newly confirmed planet is the ...

Natural cycles in Earth's rotational axis and its orbit around the sun drive climatic changes, and now researchers have ...

U.S. military’s X-37B space plane made a quiet return to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, completing a 434-day ...

A total lunar eclipse is a relatively rare astronomical event because the moon usually passes above or below Earth’s shadow ...

An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the ...

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences CEO Ben Lamm, the keynote speaker Sunday, took the stage with actor Joe Manganiello to discuss how the world's first de-extinction company wants to bring back the ...

Scientists discovered that volcanic eruptions in India’s Deccan Traps 66 million years ago released gases that altered ...

The new Neutron rocket includes a "hippo" mouth fairing that deploys upper stages by spitting them out from inside.

A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...

Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...

From fruit flies to monkeys and even a tortoise, a variety of animals have made the historic journey beyond our planet.