A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

Scientists discover all stalagmites growing from cave floors follow a mathematical rule that explains how these mineral ...

Coral reefs have passed their survival limit, confirming Earth’s first tipping point and signaling more irreversible climate ...

Five of Earth’s vital systems are close to a point of irreversible change, warns a new report released by a global network of scientists ahead of the upcoming U.N. climate change conference in Brazil.

Throughout most of Earth's geological history, its paleoclimate has remained hospitable to life—largely thanks to continental ...

"With these probability maps, we can push asteroids away while preventing them from returning on an impact trajectory, ...

Humanity has reached the first Earth system tipping point, the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs, marking the ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can ...