Earth's shadow follows the planet as it orbits the sun. You can get a sense of its enormous, awe-inspiring size by seeing ...

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of strange plume-like structures hidden deep inside the Greenland ice sheet. New research suggests they form through thermal convection—slow, swirling ...

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

Mars didn’t always look like the barren world we see today. Over billions of years, the Sun’s solar wind stripped away much of its atmosphere, helping transform it from a warmer, wetter planet into a ...

As people celebrate Pi Day this March 14, the mathematical constant continues to be part of everyday life for scientists and ...

One of Steven Spielberg's greatest influences is this forgotten sci-fi movie from 1950 that changed the film genre forever.

Earth Matters,” a changing exhibit at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Center, explores how we can ensure a brighter future for life on Earth with immersive and hands-on experiences that cover ...

Scientists have unearthed faint chemical traces in rocks over 3.3 billion years old, potentially representing Earth's ...

Ron Garan of NASA has reflected on the poignant realisation he came to when working on the International Space Station ...

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission not only altered an asteroid’s orbit but, for the first time, a new study shows we also successfully changed the asteroids' path around the sun.

Between 2000 and 2020, Earth's day length increased by 1.33 milliseconds per century due to climate-related mass ...

Shell and BP are set to earn an extra £5bn in profit this year as conflict in the Gulf sends the price of oil surging. While ...