Experts have warned that NASA's asteroid deflection system could inadvertently send one towards Earth. The Double Asteroid ...

This theory was the brainchild of Francis Crick (yes, the one who helped identify DNA) and Leslie Orgel, the originator of ...

The University at Albany is starting new majors related to climate change, but students won't just study science. Economics, ...

Recently, the results of a 250-day experiment to refine a particular motion of our planet were published in the journal ...

All species in the series draw inspiration from real living organisms and processes seen on Earth, but crank it up to the ...

A sudden halt to Earth's rotation, though improbable, would trigger catastrophic events. Inertia would cause widespread ...

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

“Even though we know seismometers can record a variety of sources happening on Earth’s surface, never before has such a ...

A simple core of pure iron and nickel couldn’t account for the observed properties. The Martian core must be rich in “light ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...