Spending cuts and directives questioning the reality and urgency of climate change have marked quick shifts in U.S. science ...

The unifying message of Monday's all-woman rocket flight is that, for now, cold space belongs to the hot and rich ...

Researchers have built a powerful new 3D earthquake simulation that reveals how massive quakes like the 2023 Turkiye disaster ...

Finding evidence of life in the cosmos is the “holy grail” of exoplanet science, one of the scientists said, but there is ...

Imagery of fractured terrain on Venus, Mars, and Jupiter’s moon Europa pinpoints environments influenced by water.

The mission, jointly operated by the United States and India, will measure minute changes to land, ice, and ecosystems around ...

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

We know it’s getting warmer. Earth’s climate has changed naturally over thousands of years—through cycles of ice ages and ...

By Stephen Beech Crocodiles' ability to eat almost anything helped their ancestors survive two mass extinctions, suggests new research. The secret to their longevity could help conservationists better ...

A powerful solar storm is approaching Earth. This creates a rare chance to view the Northern Lights in many US and European ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

Joe Wright, who helmed the 2005 film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen, reflects on the film’s overall themes, ...