Few geological scenarios capture public imagination quite like a full-scale eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. The ...

Jack MacDonnell's debut speculative thriller explores what happens when Earth is forced to choose its future under the ...

According to these calculations, Earth's total lifespan will be about 9.5 billion years.

NASA launched two sounding rocket missions from Alaska to measure auroral electrical currents and study geomagnetic storm impacts on Earth’s upper atmosphere and space-based systems.

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, ...

Amy Shira Teitel says past Moon missions delivered a clear purpose and impact, while Artemis II lacks clarity, ...

Researchers studying the deep biosphere, Earth’s largest ecosystem, have found evidence that life thriving miles below the ...

When solar storms erupt from the sun and reach Earth, their intensity is measured against a historical benchmark: the Carrington Event. Now, a portrait of 19th century British solar astronomer ...

Sweet Briar’s 2026 Shared Book highlights women in science as author Melissa Sevigny joins campus as the Waxter ...

Charleston, SC, astronomy professor answers questions from high school students about wormholes, black holes, colonizing Mars, outer space odors and more.

Following the first-of-its-kind medical evacuation from space last month, the new arrivals, known as Crew-12, will bring the space station up to its standard occupancy of seven people.

Stephen Hawking used his fame to warn humanity about its potential — and rapidly approaching — end. He provided a possible ...