Three major findings happened within the span of seven weeks. The Curiosity rover, which has been climbing a mountain of layered rock, literally stumbled upon pure sulfur, its wheels crushing the ...

Some 466 million years ago, a ring comprising debris of a destroyed asteroid, would have towered over the equator. Here is ...

The greenhouse effect acts like a warm blanket around Earth, comprised of gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor ...

Explore the reasons behind the zodiac signs known for their cool composure and why they seem to breeze through life’s dramas ...

In a geologic instant—over the last few centuries, merely—the unfathomably long and patient work of Earth is being undone.

I’ve had a love affair with the planet Saturn ever since I first saw it through my first telescope almost 60 years ago. Even ...

Tracy C. Dyson is from Arcadia and earned a doctorate in chemistry at UC Davis in 1997. The Expedition 71 flight engineer is on the ISS as part of her third mission to space. She previously was a ...

Scientists have proposed a fascinating new idea: Earth may have once possessed a ring system, akin to that of Saturn. These ...

A rare mini-moon, a small asteroid temporarily captured by Earth's gravity, will briefly orbit the planet for two months.

Fall weather is soon going to be hitting the Northeast and just in time as the official start to fall — the autumnal equinox — is about to arrive. The fall — or autumnal — equinox can land on Sept. 22 ...

Earth will have a second “mini-moon” in addition to its regular lunar companion for about two months starting on Sept. 29, ...

Here’s what to know about our new, temporary celestial neighbor. Earth has a large gravitational pull. So it’s not uncommon ...