The image shows a good example of the phenomenon Some of the best views of Earth come from beyond our home planet, as ...

On December 8, 2025, the Sun unleashed a powerful solar flare, an event that captivated the attention of scientists and space ...

SSA and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) are pleased to announce that Francisco José Sánchez-Sesma, ...

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight. Instead, Boeing will perform a trial run with cargo to the International Space Station to prove the ...

Berry Glacier, a tributary of the Getz Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, has deteriorated dramatically in the past three decades, according to researchers in the Department of Earth System Science at the ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University suggests that if it weren't for the gas giant, the Earth would have ...

Having made its closest approach to the sun on Wednesday October 29, comet 3I/ATLAS will soon be visible from Earth again—before it leaves our solar system. While the comet—first spotted in July—has ...

22 of the planet's 34 vital signs are at record levels, with many of them continuing to trend sharply in the wrong direction. This is the message of the sixth issue of the annual "State of the Climate ...

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Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, may have been responsible for a mysterious age gap in the early solar system's planet building blocks. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) is a particularly weak region of the magnetic field stretching from South America to western Africa. Wherever the ...

On Oct. 1, 2025, the small asteroid known as 2025 TF whizzed past Earth at a distance of only 266 miles (428 kilometers) from our planet — roughly the same altitude as the International Space Station.