One of the worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system, a mere 40 light-years away, just might be clad in a life-supporting atmosphere.

Astronomers have found a 19m-wide space rock that has been quietly hanging around Earth since 1957. This quasi-moon poses no threat.

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) is a new visitor from our outer solar system. It may be easier to see as it approaches Earth next week ...

Astronomers have found yet another quasi-moon companion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun believed to be a chunk of our ...

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

Learn about how chemical fossils helped researchers identify one of Earth’s earliest animals: a sea sponge from the Ediacaran ...

A recent breakthrough in the world of geology and physics has surfaced with the discovery of a rare mineral deep beneath the Earth’s surface. Found in an underground reservoir, this unique mineral ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth ...