SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission Monday (March 31), sending a crew of four spaceflight rookies into an orbit never ...

Researchers have discovered four Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star using advanced telescopes. These planets are likely too hot for life ...

This April 22 marks the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. The power of those 20 million voices that came out on the streets that first Earth Day led the United States to create the Environmental ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

Gravitational Manipulation: The type of technology necessary for lifting multiple colonies from Earth's surface can lead to irrevocable changes in the planet's core. Consequently, this gravitational ...

Humans have known that the Earth is round for more than 2,000 years ... They argue that the planet is actually shaped like a flat disc, and that scientists who say otherwise are participating ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

The losses in soil moisture already pose issues for farming, irrigation systems and critical water resources for humans. But ...

But a few million or even billion would upend our understanding of human occupation on this planet. Scientists will need a bit more evidence before rethinking decades of dataset research.

The frigid caps of our home planet are invisible to humans on board the International Space Station, for example, which orbits near Earth’s equatorial line. The crewed mission that traveled ...

Elon Musk aims to colonize Mars despite challenges such as its extreme climate, thin atmosphere, and lack of liquid water.