Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere rich with carbon and helium, which is unexpected on this hot planet ...

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James ...

Many tipping elements are now well-known: the Amazon rainforest, the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...

The mystifying 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet is blazing toward Earth and will soon come as close to our planet as it ever will.

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ...

The scale of the bycatch slaughter is a key factor in helping build global support for BBNJ. Another hugely harmful practice ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

AVIRIS-5 is one of the newest tools in a joint research project from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) called GEMx. The project is designed to search for surface traces of critical minerals, ...

Scientists discovered deep Arctic methane mounds that release gas, shape ecosystems, and inform climate risks.

Deep-sea mining trials revealed significant but localized biodiversity loss in one of the planet’s least explored ecosystems.