After a weather delay dashed its first launch attempt over the weekend, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is again set for liftoff Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Among the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth.

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search for life beyond our solar system. The discovery of the exoplanet orbiting in ...

Author Hillary Rosner argues that saving our planet and repairing Earth for the benefit of humans and nonhumans begins with ...

The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given rise to eukaryotic life.

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...

U.K. science minister Lord Patrick Vallance told the BBC that they've developed a plan to phase out animal testing for ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was scheduled for launch on Sunday (Nov. 9) but it has been delayed until Wednesday (Nov. 12) ...

Exploring one of science's most exciting frontiers, the book "Life in Space" bridges astrophysics and biology to uncover the ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University ...