In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Researchers say they might have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth. The rocks in question are a belt of swirly, stripe-covered rocks found in the northeastern reaches of Canada. These rocks appear ...

Radio telescopes saw a strange burst of unknown energy in June 2024. Now we know it was from Relay 2, an early ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...

NASA has made a new out of this world discovery. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently captured evidence of a new planet beyond our solar system.

The Guardians of the Galaxy franchise opened on the big screen in 2014 and quickly carved out its own niche in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope may have directly imaged a Saturn-mass planet orbiting the young star TWA 7.

The freshly minted telescope discovered 2,000 previously unknown asteroids in just 10 hours. Weirdly, NASA doesn’t seem to ...

Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...