That means returning from the moon, the Artemis astronauts will be traveling at around 0.0037% the speed of light. Assuming a ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Scientists are warning about a very curious phenomenon: due to the unexpected acceleration in Earth's rotation, the planet ...

Differences in the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon will make July 9, July 22 and August 5 unusually short.

Antarctic research reveals how rare earth elements move underground through freeze-thaw cycles in desert environments.

A rare rock from Mars known as Meteorite NWA 16788 will be up for auction at Sotheby's on July 16. The meteorite may sell for ...

Our planet whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. ... Earth reaches aphelion every July, and this year it occurs on Thursday at 3:55 p.m. Eastern time.

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...