NASA’s Perseverance rover revealed 24 mineral types in Jezero Crater, showing Mars experienced several water episodes.

Forty-three million years ago, a 160-meter-diameter asteroid hit the area now occupied by the North Sea, releasing a 30-story ...

When dinosaurs were wiped out by the asteroid strike at the Yucatán Peninsula, forests were finally able to spread. Dense ...

Evidence mounting that 13,000 years ago, a comet exploded over the Earth with devastating consequences. Now there is strong ...

Earth's mantle is a restless, enigmatic engine that powers volcanism, recycles crust, and regulates the long-term evolution ...

Earth, Wind & Fire was founded by Maurice White in 1969. Here's everything to know about where the band's members are today.

The extinction of dinosaurs reshaped rivers, forests, and landscapes—changes still recorded in the rock layers across North ...

For years, astronomers have been excited about the idea that some planets beyond our solar system might be covered by vast, ...

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

LIGO observatory near Richland confirmed Einstein’s theory of relativity, it also has proven one of Hawking’s theorems.

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

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