Scientists observing it say its origin is unclear, but their theories about how it formed suggest it could hint at the ...

For how long can the Earth support complex life before entering an irreversible zone from an environmental perspective? “Billions of years” estimates are being replaced by ‘hard thresholds’ in the ...

NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

Earth has experienced many icehouse and greenhouse climates. A new study shows how they connect to plate tectonics.

For years, scientists have imagined a future where secure quantum links circle the planet from space. Satellites would create pairs of entangled photons and send them down to distant stations on Earth ...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

New research reveals the Moon may have been silently collecting Earth’s atmosphere for billions of years. Scientists now ...