A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...

Astronomers have found evidence of a process that supports an alternative, more rapid approach to planetary formation, more ...

Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are 'Snowball Earth' events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, when almost the entire planet was encased in ice up to 0.

Pushing the planet beyond its safe limits erodes food, energy and water security and raises the risk of disease and conflict, ...

Dubbed "araneiform terrain," the Mars surface formations span over a half-mile long and have hundreds of branches that ...

The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug.

Ten years ago, a wispy ring was discovered around Chariklo ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars by uncovering pure sulfur crystals within a broken rock.

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a ...

Down To Earth Community Lab: Join your fellow space explorers to ask questions, share out-of-this-world ideas, and forge new ...

Earth will only remain able to provide even a basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and ...