For decades, Europa has been the optimistic counterpoint to a lonely solar system, a small icy world that seemed to tick ...

Europa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth. However, new calculations suggest its seafloor may be calm, cold, and largely inactive, with little ...

A new study led by WashU planetary scientists suggests the icy moon lacks the undersea activity needed to support life.

Thanks to an enormous stroke of luck and serendipitous timing, astronomers were able to calculate the mass and distance of a ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the persistence of Moon landing denial and its disconnect from reality on Logan ...

While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...

CERES program updates include operational satellite instruments, algorithm advancements, machine learning applications, and ongoing missions measuring Earth’s energy budget and climate system changes.

Were you able to accumulate all of Earth’s water – ice, liquid and vapour, plus all the water physically and chemically ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

The historic alignment of true, magnetic and grid north is set to leave England, three years after they combined in the ...

Our planet whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. On Thursday the planet reached its farthest point from its star, known as aphelion. By Katrina Miller This article was originally ...

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high. As ...