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

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

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

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

"Our observations indicate the presence of powerful iron winds, probably fuelled by a hot spot in the atmosphere." ...

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

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

Ice may look safe for a game of pick-up hockey on the lake, but as a new study has found, looks can be deceiving. Warming winters are not only affecting ice thickness and timing -- when a lake freezes ...

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

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, ...