Astronomers have spent the past decade cataloguing thousands of planets beyond the solar system, many of them falling into a ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

As East Africa’s great lakes shrink after thousands of years, scientists find the land beneath may be pulling apart faster, ...

Is it actually possible for us to live away from here for a long time? Our time on the International Space Station proves ...

Inside an incredibly bright cluster of galaxies, a long-dormant supermassive black hole has come back to life. Radio images ...

For years, astronomers have celebrated every hint of an ocean on a distant world as a potential foothold for life. Now a new wave of modeling argues that most of those supposed seas are illusions, and ...

Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, far from any coastline and out of reach of sunlight, scientists have mapped a sprawling undersea ...

North Carolina is full of secrets that even locals don’t always know about, hidden in misty mountains, dense forests, ...

Finding new worlds out there is pretty exciting, right? Scientists are getting really good at spotting planets around other ...

Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges ...

Studies reveal that beneath seemingly tranquil mountains, magma boils in shallow layers, reducing volcanic warning time.

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to the creation of a planet’s magnetic fields, which protect the entire planet ...