A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.

Unpopulated and in the middle of nowhere, Point Nemo is starting to have a history. This article appears in the November 2024 ...

Then a camouflaged speaker that scientists had placed nearby started to play. First came a recorded honk from an unpartnered ...

As the civil-rights era receded, his personal heroism loomed larger. But movement politics didn’t easily translate into party ...

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder ...

Learn more about our planet and the dynamic forces shaping life here during Earth Science Week at Illinois University ...

An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

A new exoplanet, about 1.9 times the mass of Earth, has been discovered around a white dwarf star, according to ScienceAlert. This extraordinary discovery throws light on the possible fate of our ...

A comet not seen for more than 80,000 years will be visible from Earth, potentially during two separate time periods over the next month. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, also known as Comet A3 ...

Everything has a beginning, and a new study finds that the start of life on Earth arrived in the form of melted asteroids.

Early in Earth's history, bombardment by enormous asteroids was common. High-density material in the mantle may be remains of ...