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

Earth’s surface bears the scars of obvious catastrophes, from dinosaur-killing craters to lava fields, but a growing body of ...

NASA’s Carruthers mission will film Earth’s elusive exosphere to understand space weather, atmospheric escape, and planetary habitability. A NASA mission aims to photograph a feature of Earth that is ...

As the world grapples with climate change, biodiversity loss and resource scarcity, Indigenous and local communities (IPLCs) ...

The transit of Mercury is just around the corner, and scientists are planning to make observations that are only possible during the rare celestial event. On Monday, the solar system's ...

But GEO-7, produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), says it is not too late for humanity to change course. Within its pages is a recipe for a healthier planet that focuses on ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an astonishing exoplanet that’s stretching our understanding of what’s possible for these distant worlds. And when we say say “stretch, ...

David Rankin of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona spends nights scanning the solar system for potentially catastrophic space ...

As a young boy, Billy Hix had bigger dreams than working on the farm for the rest of his life. He didn’t conform to what his ...

Scientists say dolphins and orcas have teamed up to hunt salmon off British Columbia. It’s the first time such behavior has ...

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