New simulations suggest Earthlike planets may be much more typical than previously thought whereas water worlds may not.

A colossal iron ore deposit discovered in Western Australia’s Hamersley region has left geologists stunned — not just for its ...

TRAPPIST-1e shows no signs of its first atmosphere, but hints of a secondary one remain. Liquid water could still be possible ...

A new NASA mission will capture images of Earth's invisible "halo," the faint light given off by our planet's outermost atmospheric layer, the exosphere, as it morphs and changes in response to the ...

ARCA's deep-sea sensors near Sicily detect a highly energetic neutrino, potentially revealing secrets about cosmic phenomena ...

Ice core records of atmospheric hydrogen reveal a huge rise in concentration since the Industrial Revolution which has ...

A study of Saturn's atmospheric structure using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed complex and mysterious features unseen before on any planet in our Solar System.

The ozone layer over Antarctica is recovering faster than anyone imagined, proving that global science and cooperation can ...

The WMO Ozone Bulletin reported that the low level of ozone depletion observed in 2024 was partly due to naturally occurring ...

With advance warning, however, steps can be taken to reduce the risks. If an electrical grid is running near capacity, for ...

Forests store microplastics carried in from the air. These particles accumulate in soils through rain, leaf fall, and ...

The polar vortex itself forms because of Mars’s tilted axis, which creates seasons much like Earth’s. Each northern winter, a ...