Dark matter is a confounding concept that teeters on the leading edges of cosmology and physics. We don't know what it is or ...

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...

Buried more than 3,000 miles beneath our feet, Earth’s solid inner core was once thought to be unchanging—locked in place at ...

Known as SIMP 0136, the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope caught a glimpse of it floating through the universe all by ...

Experiments suggest that an unusual magnetic material can help harness energy from the planet’s rotation. But not everyone is convinced. Electricity can be generated from the energy of Earth rotating ...

But this effect can be dramatic in the right circumstances. "If the planet is rotating very fast, the poles will flatten," Barros said, leading to a squished, football-like shape. Centrifugal ...

A first-of-its-kind discovery regarding the rotation of the globe puts all of Earth's energies in jeopardy. Can Earth’s ...

A screenshot of James’s animation “Planets and dwarf planets to scale in size, rotation speed & axial tilt in distance order from Sun”. Credit must be given to the creator. Only ...

NASA and Princeton scientists have unlocked a new energy source using Earth’s rotation. By harnessing its magnetic field, ...