A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Southern California Planet Fitness locations are offering free gym access to residents and first responders affected by the destructive wildfires burning in Los ...

Jeff Bezos’ Earth Fund, a $10 billion commitment to fight climate change, created a nonprofit arm that allows the billionaire to make donations tax-free. The Bezos Earth Fund Foundation was ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist ...

Credit: Astrobiology Center The K2-360 system features a record-dense “super-Earth” and a massive outer planet, revealing insights into extreme planetary evolution. An international research team, led ...