Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Discover the intriguing space explosion predicted in a rare double white dwarf system just 160 light-years away from Earth.

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa ...

Could a reactionless, gravity-defying propulsion system actually work? A former NASA engineer says yes, but scientists are ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Though wildly different in so many ways, Earth and Saturn's moon Titan have something important in common. Among all the ...

The University of Hawaii astronomer’s interest in habitable worlds began at a geothermal field in Iceland, where she and a ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

Trump aims to send a crew to Mars by the end of his term, which Musk calls 'doable.' Astronauts question the time frame but said a flight would soon be possible ...

Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the Moon? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

Astronomers are interested in how this tilt affects the atmosphere of Uranus, as well as how the atmosphere works there in ...