Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

NASA has discovered a new world, named Gliese 12 b. It is roughly the size of Earth, lies in the habitable zone, and orbits every 12.8 days.

While trying to determine if it could use the entire Earth's atmosphere as a massive sensor, DARPA made a highly unusual ...

How Are Clouds’ Shapes Made? Explore the diverse world of cloud formations, from ground-level fog to high-flying cirrus ...

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could ...

Imminent loss of NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT will severely diminish scientists’ ability to monitor ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere.

Using ALMA, astronomers discovered that Proxima Centauri produces frequent, high-energy millimeter-wavelength flares that ...

Fortunately, thanks to the Earth's atmosphere acting as a natural shield, instead of crash landing on the ground, the asteroid burns up and produces an impressive light show, streaking across the ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — As global temperatures warm, the Southern Ocean -- between Antarctica and other continents -- will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long ...

A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.

Kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the ozone layer protects humanity and all life from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays.