An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

Snapshots from six computer simulations illustrating the distinct tectonic regimes of terrestrial planets, including the newly discovered ...

Earth” that sits in the temperate zone of its star, instantly vaulting it into the short list of worlds that might be able to ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is the focus of the eighth official UN and IAWN planetary-defence exercise, running from November 27, 2025, to January 27, ...

Currently there is a third “interstellar interloper” now passing through the solar system designated as 3i/ATLAS, for the ...

Freshwater ecosystems are closely linked to their terrestrial surroundings through complex physical, chemical, and ecological interactions. They receive ...

Jupiter's moon Io may host alien life in protected lava tubes. Now, Avi Loeb claims the anomalous interstellar object ...

For decades, scientists suspected that Martian dust storms might crackle with electricity, but they had never caught the ...

Welcome to Kokeʻe State Park on Kauai, where stress goes to die and your soul remembers what it feels like to be truly alive. Nestled in the highlands of Kauai’s western side, this 4,345-acre ...

During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...