While debate continues, the search for additional planets in our solar system remains underway. Ground-based observatories like Hawaii’s Keck and Subaru telescopes, along with citizen science ...

The Earth's atmosphere is far more reactive to solar activity than scientists previously believed, with the new research showing it can pulse in near-synchronicity with the sun's powerful flares.

Earth's atmosphere is much more sensitive to ripples of radiation from the sun than scientists previously believed, new research by Queen's University Belfast has found. Solar flares, which are ...

UK scientists have received approval to soon test whether “dimming” the light from the sun will combat global warming — a strategy some critics have called "barking mad." ...

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research suggests the planet didn't need the delivery.

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 light-years away. But experts are skeptical.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Some NASA Earth science missions have been told to prepare termination plans given the potential for major budget cuts in the agency’s overall science activities. Rep ...

Earth is approaching a critical moment in the future habitability of the planet. Credit: NASA images by Reto Stöckli, based on data from NASA and NOAA ...

Fram2 will conduct research that could help future astronauts on Mars missions. A new mission from SpaceX will soon send humans over Earth's poles for the first time ever. Launching no earlier ...

A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as if the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of North America, Greenland and Northern Europe.

Science isn’t the only reason. Another reason is national prestige. A third reason is getting people excited about going into STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers.