Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is known about the planet closest to the sun.

A new analysis of exoplanets has shown interstellar contamination from nearby stars could change where to search for ...

WASP-121b, an already unusual planet, might have a remote origin that explains some of its peculiar properties—from iron rain ...

This Mars rock is up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City this week, which is why it's currently on display in the Upper ...

Our circumstances here on the wondrous, life-supporting Earth can give us a false understanding of what the universe is ...

Echoing artist Dan Keegan’s concerns for the environment and the future of this planet as we know it, eight massive charcoal creations titled “The Elements: Images of Hope” fill the walls of the ...

There's a broad consensus in the scientific community that a follow-up mission to Pluto should be an orbiter, and not a ...

The newfound exoplanet, called Kepler-139f, is a gigantic world roughly twice the mass of Neptune and 35 times the mass of ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

In this season of Planet Money Summer School, our free economics course for your ears is tackling the biggest economic player ...

Earth” located 560 light-years away in the Draco constellation, has left astronomers amazed by its immense size and unexpected composition. Weighing 17 times more than Earth, this rocky giant ...