Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

By analysing... Scientists have proposed that Earth may once have had a ring system similar to Saturn’s, formed by an asteroid breakup 466 million years ago. This ring may have triggered global ...

"There are still many things related to planetary formation and the early evolution of young planetary systems that we don't ...

Global warming is moving faster than the best models can keep a handle on. Fifty years into the project of modeling Earth’s ...

A 56-microsecond daily time drift between Earth and the Moon, caused by relativity, presents unique challenges for future lunar missions. Scientists are devising a standard lunar time system to ...

Over the next decade or two, society has a window of opportunity to radically redefine our relationship with the planet to reduce risks of dangerous global changes that could otherwise seriously ...

I n a surprising twist on our planet’s ancient history, scientists are now suggesting that Earth might once have had a ring ...