The Sterling Hill Mining Museum sits atop the world’s most diverse fluorescent mineral deposit, and if you haven’t been there yet, you’re missing out on one of the most spectacular natural phenomena ...

Sir David Attenborough has marked his upcoming 100th birthday milestone with a major announcement reflecting on his life and extraordinary career.

Researchers used a pair of powerful supercomputers to simulate the potential trajectories of 1 million satellites in a ...

Ever feel like there just aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done? Well, scientists warn that Earth is actually heading toward 25-hour days as the planet’s rotation continues to slow ...

The BBC have revealed its plans to honour Sir David Attenborough in a major update ahead of the legendary documentary ...

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Marcia Bjornerud loves rocks. Not just under a petrographic microscope, but as animated entities with properties and ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges ...

In the coming weeks, Artemis II will send humans around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. Could it be a redemptive moment, as it was in 1968?