Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 ...

Fragments of a rare type of meteorite have been found in the sample of material brought back from the lunar far side by China ...

Earth is home, but it’s also full of surprises. Some of these facts might make you stop and say, “Wait, is that true?” Let’s ...

Your every breath serves as a reminder that the atmosphere of Earth is silently carrying out its function. Since air is ...

Once upon a time, the people of Nante Zongo, a small farming community near Kintampo, could count on the rains. The fields ...

"In spring, this ice begins to warm up and sublimate. The last remnants of this ice are located on the shaded side of the ...

Every life must have an end, yet some species stretch that limit farther than we ever thought possible. Scientists have found ...

In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against a “doomsday outlook” and appears to have shifted some of his views about ...

Earth’s peatlands act as massive carbon vaults, but new research shows they may soon leak their ancient stores under extreme drought.

From the waters of an Arctic archipelago all the way to the Southern Ocean and marine waters in between, these photos show ...

In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

Jamaica has been left reeling after Hurricane Melissa — a Category 5 storm described as the strongest ever to make landfall ...