Sunlight makes microplastics leak hidden chemicals into water, creating pollution that spreads far beyond plastic pieces.

Most of the planets we’ve identified are in orbit around stars and formed from the disks of gas and dust that surrounded the ...

Rogue planets — worlds that drift through space alone without a star — largely remain a mystery to scientists. Now, ...

Webb telescope discovered a bizarre exoplanet with carbon atmosphere, no hydrogen, orbiting a super-dense spinning star.

The timing and rate of early crustal growth on Earth remains contentious due to the scarcity of very ancient rocks,” are ...

Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of any drill, new research suggests that Earth’s center is far more intricate ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

Ancient Australian rocks suggest Earth’s continents formed later than expected and share a common origin with the Moon.

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don’t yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that ...

The answer is as obvious as it seems – the Earth looks flat when you're standing on it, not cone-shaped. Visual evidence ...

Earth's inner core may be layered like an onion, with silicon and carbon creating distinct zones that explain seismic wave ...