Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner solar system, they consider it likely that 6–40% of this material must have ...

Earth likely formed from inner Solar System material alone, raising fresh questions about the origin of water on our planet.

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

It rapidly intensified to Category 5 status last weekend. Now it's slamming the U.S. Northern Marianas and Guam with intense ...

Across Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the ...

For years, planetary scientists have argued that some of the material that built Earth must have drifted in from beyond ...

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed our Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner Solar System, they consider it likely that 6–40 per cent of this mat ...

The Artemis II mission, which took four US astronauts around the Moon and to a record-breaking distance from Earth, was a ...

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet’s earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow “Goldilocks zone” for two life-essential elements, ...

A vast ocean current encircling Antarctica—more powerful than all the world’s rivers combined—played a surprisingly complex role in shaping Earth’s climate.

Scientists reveal that Antarctica’s ocean current formed slowly and needed winds, ice, and shifting continents to shape Earth’s climate.