NASA has quietly shut down its largest research library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, a decision that will see unique ...

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through a solid iron lattice. This unusual behavior makes the core soft, matching ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A unique imbalance in potassium isotopes points to remnants of “proto Earth” ...

A new study asks why the ID movement hasn’t left a more enduring mark on scientific or religious thought. Like a brightly burning candle in the wind: That’s how C. W. Howell depicts the brief history ...

Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in space. With a background as a US Congressman, reality TV star, and television ...

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Thursday that climate and earth science at the agency will “move aside” as it refocuses solely on space exploration. “All the climate science and all of the ...

Noah Hawley stewed on an Alien spinoff years before FX even secured the rights. Now, “Alien: Earth” jumps to the small screen with all the eerie essentials of the Ridley Scott sci-fi classic: ...

The first two episodes of Alien: Earth premiere Tuesday, August 12 on Hulu and FX. Alien: Earth is the latest entry into the long running franchise that all at once pays homage to its source material ...

If you haven’t accomplished as much this summer as you had hoped to, you can blame forces far beyond your control: a few of these dog days, by one measure, are among the shortest you’ve ever lived ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...

If NASA must pull back, Europe is ready to step up — and do so with open arms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As climate ...