If our solar system seems stable, it's because our short lifespans make it seem that way. Earth revolves, night follows day, ...

The orange dwarf Gliese 710 is expected to come within 0.1663 light-years or 10,520 astronomical units in about 1.29 million ...

New research from the University of California, Davis, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Texas A&M University reveals that ...

Over 300 million years ago, Earth experienced powerful bursts of carbon dioxide from natural sources—like massive volcanic ...

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Ancient carbon surges depleted ocean oxygen and stalled marine life, and new research warns today’s emissions could cause a ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

Humans have extracted over 200,000 tons of gold, primarily for jewellery and wealth storage, yet substantial reserves remain underground. Russia, Aust ...

See footage Orion Spacecraft, moon and Earth shortly before its "outbound powered flyby burn". Orion was less than 2000 miles away from the moon and over 200,000 miles away from Earth. Credit: Credit: ...

Learn about the mass extinction event 66 million years ago and the evidence for ... size of a mountain slammed into Earth 66 million years ago, ... covers nearly 200,000 square miles in layers ...

On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress, the governing body of the 13 American colonies and later the United States, set up the US Army. The newly formed force was given the job of protecting ...