Rocky exoplanet atmosphere confirmed for the first time in a habitable zone: Harvard astronomers detected helium escaping ...

Earth is reflecting less sunlight back into space than it used to – and the rate at which the planet is absorbing extra ...

The researchers think that the planet has hosted its atmosphere for over 3 billion years, which makes it a compelling target ...

Chicxulub asteroid type identified: a new Science Advances paper concludes the dinosaur-killing impactor was a CO chondrite — ...

On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 touched down on the Red Planet, and became the first robotic spacecraft to successfully carry out ...

The world's oceans may appear calm from space, but beneath the surface, an intricate web of fast-moving currents drives Earth ...