This story was originally published at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website. HOWARD – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Geological Survey is celebrating Earth ...

Early Earth lacked life’s essentials until a collision with Theia added them. This chance event made life possible. After the ...

Recently, in a “wild” new spin on the theory, known as directed panspermia, it’s been suggested that “aliens sent microbes or ...

Analysis by researchers at the University of Bern suggests that water and other volatile compounds arrived on Earth from ...

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

A 2014 astronaut photo shows a pair of volcanic lakes appearing to stare up into space from the Chiltepe Peninsula of ...

A study conducted on a near-Earth asteroid could call into question details we thought we knew about how our planet's oceans came to be, researchers have said. The team of experts, based in Japan, ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

The University at Albany is starting new majors related to climate change, but students won't just study science. Economics, ...

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

Three missions aimed at observing space weather are set to launch Sept. 23 from Florida. Here's what to know about NASA's ...

A Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant application for $7 million was approved by the Lycoming County Commissioners at their meeting this week. The county is applying for the grant on ...