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

Because oxygen-bearing sulfate minerals trap and preserve signals from Earth's atmosphere, scientists closely study how they ...

Astronomers have identified GJ 251 c, a super-Earth exoplanet just 18 light-years away, orbiting within its star's habitable ...

The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away.

As private companies race to make spaceflight routine, Earth’s upper atmosphere has become an unintended testing ground. Each ...

"The range of possible outcomes is a lot wider than anybody has appreciated until now." ...

A new study has revealed how phosphorus, a nutrient essential for photosynthesis, surged into ancient oceans and started ...

Microbes high in Earth’s stratosphere produce pigments to protect them from UV light – so similar molecules could be ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Mars, the red planet, may have a secret energy source in its depths that could support life in its climate, should humans ...

In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks of life in the solar ...

As spaceflight becomes increasingly routine, the environmental cost of reaching orbit is coming under scrutiny. A recent ...