An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a sun-like star, ...

The discovery brings a glimmer of hope for Earth's survival when our sun enters its final stages. A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years ...

How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Ever wondered why Earth looks flat even though it's a sphere? The planet's massive size makes its curvature nearly impossible to see from the ground. Our limited field of vision and the straight ...

Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday, each passing by the planet within a 24-hour time frame. Two had already zipped past early in the morning, according to ...

The Earth’s core is extremely hot as the heat from when the planet formed and the heat from the decay of radioactive elements gets concentrated here. Inner core is the innermost part of the ...

and it doesn't have pesky plate tectonics like Earth does. Samples of moon rocks from the Apollo era have helped refine our ...

Here’s how it works. A captivating new video shows how Earth's magnetic field went haywire and almost completely disappeared during our planet's most recent "polar reversal event," around 41,000 ...

One year on the distant ice planet is 248 Earth years, and one day is 153 Earth hours. Now known as a dwarf planet, the complex and mysterious world is abundant with mountains, valleys ...

There is probably no better example of the destructive power of space rocks upon our planet than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs along with three-quarters of Earth's plant and animal ...

Stock image: Artist's illustration of an asteroid flying past the Earth. The space rock known as 2024 VM1 will make a close approach to our planet on Wednesday. Stock image: Artist's illustration ...

But there is some better news: the overall amount of heat energy being gained by the planet has fallen sharply from a record spike early in 2023. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!