Global warming has picked up speed in the past decade, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). By removing short term natural influences such as El ...

Life needs nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. But without the right balance of oxygen, these elements get locked away in planets’ cores.

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was discovered. They celebrate scientific discovery, history and our solar system’s ...

A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes could travel between planets on asteroids, meaning humans could be descended from Martians. Astrobiologists have long speculated that ...

Scientists uncover a new reason for fewer planets around twin stars. Einstein's theory of general relativity shows that close ...

It seems that these days all we hear about is the tragic impact our actions are having on planet earth. With billions of tons of waste filling our oceans, millions of people experiencing hunger every ...

A team of international scientists might have just identified where a billion years of missing history might have gone ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Dr Wendy Okolo made history at 26 as the first Black woman to obtain a PhD in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, and today she is an aerospace engineering researcher at ...

Of all the asteroids that have imperiled the planet, 2024 YR4 is unparalleled. An Earth impact was eventually ruled out in February of last year. Now, a concerted effort by astronomers indicates the ...

Last month, a government agency erased climate change from a manual that helps federal and state judges understand complex science in court. The political attack on the nonpartisan publication “should ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and ...