On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

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Seven planets are set to appear in the night sky this month in a rare full planetary alignment. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, ...

Egypt, a major recipient of U.S. military aid, is not the only country in Africa being drawn into China's orbit. Beijing has ...

By Joey Roulette, Eduardo Baptista, Sarah El Safty and Joe Brock (Reuters) - On the outskirts of Cairo, a cutting-edge space lab was supposed to be the first in Africa to produce homegrown satellites.

Findings show that exposure to air pollution and biothermal stress during pregnancy increases the likelihood of prolonged ...

The above image shows a 20-meter-long chunk of frozen carbon dioxide falling off a cliff. Rising temperatures during the ...

Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the U.N.’s climate chief calls 'among the most important policy ...

Bill Gates criticized Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for focusing on space exploration instead of pressing global issues like ...

Environmental science and studies professors at Pitt extract meaning out of President Trump’s climate executive orders and ...