Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a ...

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

Mars’ positioning is what gives the lighter planet such a strong pull. “The closer it is to the sun, the more a planet ...

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...

But in all likelihood, the Earth will not see this time, having been engulfed by the Sun in its red giant phase, around 7.6 billion years from now. In short, the Earth will not stop spinning, at least ...

HD 189733 b orbits so close to its star that distance almost stops mattering. The planet was logged in 2005, one of many ...

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

From a distance, it looks like a serene blue twin of our own world, a dot that could almost pass for Earth in a telescope ...

Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to this planet from somewhere else in space? And, either way, what does this mean for other water worlds in our ...

P arts of the ocean reached temperatures of -15°C (5°F) without freezing 717-660 million years ago, geologists and ...

This week, the giant planet Jupiter will be at its closest approach to Earth in 2026, offering skywatchers an unmissable view. The planet is extremely bright and easy to spot in the night sky. Jupiter ...