It was once thought that when an aging star engulfed a planet it would be a dramatic event. Now, the Webb telescope has ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald eagle in ...

Meet the author: Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator with a PhD in astronomy at the University ...

For researchers, penguins are more than charismatic wildlife – they are living indicators of global pollution including that ...

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) captured a stunning view of Earth’s western hemisphere, with white clouds and snow, deep blue oceans, and green and brown continents. NASA ...

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure ...

K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth.

Furthermore, the findings bolster the theory that the moon formed when a giant, Mars -size protoplanet slammed into the young ...

ALIEN life could be hiding away on the vast ocean of a nearby moon. Scientists say there’s a chance that a “small population” ...

Nataliia Myronova, a psychic advisor and astrologer with spirituality website Nebula, says the first phase lasts from April 7 ...