Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

An asteroid first spotted in December has a 1.2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Scientists are tracking the space rock to learn more about its size and trajectory.

The exoplanet HD 20794d swoops in and out of its habitable zone every few hundred days, making for an extreme climate.

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...

Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new planet which is six times as large as the Earth and could host alien life.

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy.

Researchers say there’s a 1.3 percent chance that the space rock 2024 YR4 could strike our planet — but not until December ...

The dataset covers the period between September 2004 and December 2023 and will enable researchers to explore and model some ...

An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that usually orbits a star in our galaxy. More than 7,000 have been found ...