Earth is not infinite. Pollution beyond certain levels threatens the climate and ecosystems. To prevent this, scientists have proposed planetary boundaries, defining the safe operating limits of the ...

Paleobiologist Geerat Vermeij is enthralled with mollusks. Their shells line the surfaces and fill the cabinets and drawers ...

Earth is hit by asteroids all the time, but to avoid severe damages in the future NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test ...

Skywatchers will be able to see six planets aligned in the sky Saturday due to the positioning of their orbits around the Sun ...

University of Maryland-led astronomers found evidence that rocks continuously travel between Didymos and its smaller moon ...

In September 2022 NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid. Called Dimorphos, the rock is the smaller asteroid in a binary ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and ...

EGU’s collection of medals and awards are available in all 22 of our scientific divisions, at various career stages. We also offer medals and awards recognizing: service to the geoscience community; ...

Starship’s heavy lift capacity, in orbit refueling, and potential aerobraking role could significantly accelerate a long-awaited mission to Uranus.

Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international ...

A new study shows that, not only did the agency’s 2022 DART mission shift the orbit of the moonlet Dimorphos, it also changed the path of its parent asteroid around the sun.