Scientists have found that Uranus is emitting its own internal heat — even more than it receives from sunlight — and this ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

The world's most powerful telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and FAST, are revolutionizing our ...

Astronomers have spotted centimeter-sized “pebbles” swirling around two infant stars 450 light-years away, revealing the raw ...

Researchers have recreated the tumultuous beginnings of Earth, simulating what the planet was like just after its formation 4 ...

Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.

Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...

Scientists found that large-scale dam building since 1835 shifted Earth's poles over a meter and significantly lowered sea ...

The whopping 25-kilogram Martian rock will be sold at a special natural history-themed auction at Sotheby's in New York this ...

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.

Scientists have revealed exactly when the next shortest days will occur as Earth's rotation speeds up once again.

Earth is set to experience unusually short days in July and August 2025. The Moon's orbital position is subtly accelerating ...