The Gemini South telescope in Chile has been used by astronomers to detect a planet being devoured by its dying host star, a ...

A new study uncovers hidden chemical clues showing that fire played a bigger role in the Early Triassic than scientists once ...

BKASSINE FOREST, Lebanon : In the heart of southern Lebanon, where pine trees once stood tall and abundant, a quiet crisis is unfolding. The cones are barren, the trees are drying and a forest that ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A unique imbalance in potassium isotopes points to remnants of “proto Earth” ...

When a Mars-sized meteorite slammed into Earth billions of years ago, the impact completely reset any and all chemical processes on Earth, leaving nothing from before. Or so we thought. Reading time 3 ...

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Temperatures on the planet could make water theoretically possible. Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named TRAPPIST-1 e, ...

My Facebook memories from 2015 talk about the hottest summer on record. That was then. 2025 was hotter. Our summers are hot and humid. My friend Tom recalls warm weather this past Halloween. “Years ...

The Chinese-led research team based its findings on seismic readings from NASA's InSight lander on Mars, which recorded more than 1,300 marsquakes before shutting down in 2022. The spacecraft landed ...