A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

The team discovered that the surface might contain liquid water, an essential ingredient for life. Astronomers from the University of California, Irvine have discovered a planet orbiting within the ...

A new study by Caltech’s Konstantin Batygin and his colleague theorizes how super-Earths are formed. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt ...

They're the most common type of planet in our galaxy, but could we ever live there? In this SpaceBalls episode, we explore the wild world of Super-Earths! We'll break down what they are, how we find ...

A 2025 satellite photo captures the stark contrast between the barren Poás volcano and the surrounding Costa Rican jungle.

NASA’s latest mission, designed to study the effects of the solar wind on the atmosphere of Mars, was ironically delayed on ...

Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has wondered whether we are alone in the universe. Some people—myself ...

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

A deep dive into animal influencer Lindsay Nikole's first book 'Epic Earth' all about the history of ancient Earth.

A team of international astronomers, led by Turkish doctoral student Selçuk Yalçınkaya, has unveiled four new exoplanets – ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest ...

Many climate scientists call our current epoch the “Anthropocene” — the first human-driven climate era. Many technologists ...