The Earth's inner core, long considered a solid and stable sphere, may be quite different. A recent study suggests that its ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with Trump. Experts say just getting ...

Galileo precedes today’s physicists by many generations, but his work underscores the interplay of intellect and observation ...

Paleontological discoveries are becoming more and more surprising, especially considering the latest find by a group of experts who have discovered what is known as a new type of d ...

Scientists have identified a new threat that could disrupt the commercial airspace as at least three deadly crashes have ...

An annual safety report to NASA has both praise and also underscores a number of cautionary woes, including the space ...

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...