Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A ...

Scientists believe Mars once looked very different from the cold, dry world it is today, and MAVEN was launched to ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

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Earth’s surface bears the scars of obvious catastrophes, from dinosaur-killing craters to lava fields, but a growing body of research suggests a quieter class of cosmic assault has been largely ...

Astronaut Nichole Ayersaboard the International Space Station (ISS) recently captured a breathtaking view of a rare ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

Earth's seasons look very different at locations not far from each other, 20 years' worth of satellite data reveals. Earth's seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the ...

A satellite photo from July shows intricate snowy stripes painted across the Atacama Desert in Chile. The icy weather temporarily put the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ...

They occur globally but are especially significant on the West Coast of the United States, where they create 30% to 50% of annual precipitation and are vital to water supplies but also can cause ...