A trio of heliophysicists and satellite trackers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Goddard Planetary Heliophysics ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first ...

This wasn’t a story from a sci-fi movie but it really happened because Earth’s magnetic field had weakened a lot. During this time, our planet’s magnetic shield was only about 10 percent as ...

The discovery of the exoplanet, a super-Earth called Kepler-735c, is all down to something called transit timing variations, ...

“If my 10th graders could barely read i’d walk out too. she shouldn’t be responsible for educating students that should’ve been held back in 5th grade,” one wrote. “My friends are both ...

He’s also a keen follower of NFL, NBA, golf and tennis, among others, and always has an eye on the latest in science ... (anything around or below ten Earth masses) are notoriously tricky ...

Asteroid 2025 KX8, about the size of a small jet, will make a close approach to Earth on June 4, 2025. While it poses no immediate threat, scientists are closely monitoring its trajectory.

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and ...

The astronomers have found a 'super-Earth' planet around 2,400 light years away where biological life could feasibly thrive. Called Kepler-725c, the faraway world has 10 times the mass of ...

“The likelihood of one colliding with Earth any time soon is extremely low,” says Scott Sheppard, an astronomer at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. who was not involved ...