Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi, have spotted such a gruesome glimpse of stellar ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

Long before life thrived in Earth’s oceans, the planet’s magnetic field became disorganized. Deep within the ancient rocks of ...

As humans plan to return to the Moon with big missions from India, US, Europe, China and other nations in the pipeline, we ...

A Montana fossil reveals that Nanotyrannus, once thought to be a young T. rex, was actually a full-grown predator and it's ...

Imagine Earth installing a patch that makes life both stronger and stranger. That’s what happened 300 million years ago, when ...

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, scientists have recreated "cosmic fireballs" here on Earth in a particle accelerator.The ...

Our Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth, not just due to tidal friction as previously thought. New research suggests ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

Ancient rocks reveal a potassium-40 deficit, the first physical evidence of the proto-Earth and insights into early planetary ...

Aging stars may be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, according to a new study by astronomers at UCL and ...