Last year, the NASA citizen science community saw a prize from the White House and two prizes from professional societies: one from the Division of Planetary Sciences and one from the American ...

From these indirect observations, scientists have calculated that the scorchingly hot inner core, with temperatures ...

It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a “glowing ring of metal” that fell from the sky and crashed ...

A newfound "chicken-size" dinosaur, recently unearthed in Wyoming, changes what paleontologists thought they knew about how ...

It has been more than a week since reports first emerged about a "glowing ring of metal" that fell from the sky and crashed ...

One of the brightest comets in 20 years, Comet 2024 G3 (ATLAS) returns for a close encounter with the sun — but will we be ...

A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart -- genetically speaking. The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ...

This view happens every 13.7 to 15.7 years, with the next side-on view taking place on March 23, 2025. After that, we will begin to see the underside of Saturn's rings and its south pole, another view ...

The ocean is vital for oxygen, food supply, and carbon storage. At its core is phytoplankton—microscopic algae that produce biomass through photosynthesis, using nutrients, CO2, and sunlight.

The daily weather we experience is largely shaped by atmospheric conditions nearly 30,000 feet above us, where a key factor ...

When one of the poles points more toward the Sun than the other pole, that half of the planet gets more sunlight than the other half, and it’s summer in that hemisphere. When that pole tilts away from ...

In a surprising twist on our planet’s ancient history, scientists are now suggesting that Earth might once have had a ring ...