Earth has breached a critical boundary for ocean acidification, with potentially grim effects for ocean ecosystems and human ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...

As missions prepare to visit ocean worlds like Enceladus and Europa, new findings show scientists must first learn to ...

Planetary science is a multifaceted field that investigates the origin, evolution and present‐day state of planets, moons and other bodies within our Solar System and beyond. By integrating ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

Buried underground near the surface, frozen regions of Mars could have tiny hidden channels full of liquid water, which could be a habitable environment for microscopic organisms ...

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Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon oribiting about 239,000 miles away. However, ...

About 15 million deaths could be avoided each year and agricultural emissions could drop by 15 percent if people worldwide shift to healthier, predominantly plant-based diets, according to the ...

On Monday (Oct. 6), the nonprofit Planetary Society held a "day of action" to urge Congress to restore NASA's science funding, which was slashed nearly in half in the White House's proposed 2026 ...