A new robot is set to capture the first global images of Earth's magnetic field "breathing" in and out from the surface of ...

The island formed in early 2023, when a mud volcano in the Caspian Sea’s Kumani Bank, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) off the ...

Since New Horizons' close encounter with Pluto 10 years ago, experts have come to think of the dwarf planet as much more ...

This apocalyptic object, the Chicxulub impactor, slammed into the sea just off the coast of modern-day Mexico. From it, shock ...

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate ...

The aurora borealis, or northern lights, is known for a stunning spectacle of light in the night sky, but this near-Earth manifestation, which is caused by explosive activity on the sun and carried by ...

Turns out, breaking the record was never really in doubt. The year easily beat out the previous record holder, 2023, for the warmest year on record globally, according to data collected and analyzed ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.

The wolf moon is seen in 2023 rising over the Atlantic Ocean on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 in Stuart, Florida. The year's first ...

Around the globe, Associated Press photographers in 2024 documented what scientists on Friday said was the hottest year on ...

Traveling from one star to another is currently impossible to achieve within a human lifetime. But some projects are ...

The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 183 miles (295 kilometers) above Mercury’s night side before ...