A vast alien planet has blistering winds racing around its equator at nearly 30 times the speed of sound on Earth. Lisa Nortmann at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and her colleagues used ...

Though scientists aren't sure how the lithosphere came to be divided into plates, certain aspects of Earth's geology keep the plate tectonic engine chugging along. For a planet to sustain plate ...

Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet.

That’s because at opposition, Mars is about as close to Earth as it will get during this ... Just days before, the Moon occults the Red Planet. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly On the 15th, Mars ...

Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously being opposite the sun. The Red Planet will be at its closest point to ...

It’s an apt expression for the planet Mars these days. With the red planet moving in for its closest approach to Earth for the rest of this decade, NASA officials are wishing it could be just a ...