KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

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.

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

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

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

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

Every fraction of a degree of warming edges Earth towards triggering all kinds of climate tipping points, and the report lays ...

The initial tipping-point report talked about large-scale threats to corals in the future tense, but the latest global ...

"With these probability maps, we can push asteroids away while preventing them from returning on an impact trajectory, protecting the Earth in the long run." ...

The James Webb Telescope captures the beginning of planetary formation around the young star HOPS-315 for the first time.

ESA ran a full-scale solar storm drill to prepare for the next Carrington Event - an eruption powerful enough to disrupt life on Earth.

Earth's Dynamic Magnetic Fortress Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling unwanted energy that's harmful to ...