Planets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for ...

This month, I will focus on what I believe is the most important driver of climate change away from human behaviour. Read ...

Some habitable worlds orbiting dead stars could be kept alive for aeons thanks to a quirk of Einstein’s theory of gravity ...

Researchers in Germany have now directly observed this wobble with the highest precision yet thanks to a large ring laser gyroscope they developed for this purpose. The instrument, which is located in ...

The stars you see tonight won’t be in the same place a million years from now, and some familiar constellations […] ...

As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you're along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways.

About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

Discover the natural causes of climate change with Milankovitch Cycles, impacting Earth's orbit, axis, and solar energy ...

A sudden halt to Earth’s spin would unleash destructive winds, quakes, and tsunamis while ending the protective magnetic ...

Earth is getting darker. A subtle drop in reflectivity, driven by melting ice and cleaner air, is amplifying global climate ...

Melting ice sheets in North America played a far greater role in driving global sea-level rise at the end of the last ice age ...

For decades, scientists have been curious about how much water Mars once had and what led to its gradual transformation into ...