Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to ...

NASA’s new chief is reshaping the space agency’s goals, unveiling at an event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday an ambitious ...

A new survey of limestone caves in western Cambodia has uncovered a range of species that are new to science, including a ...

As the US sets its sights on establishing a permanent base on the moon, its foothold in an area of space much closer to home ...

The African continent is splitting along a triple junction of rifts that converge in Afar, Ethiopia. A new ocean may take ...

A spacecraft could plunge into Earth’s atmosphere as soon as Tuesday. While most of the probe will likely burn up during reentry, a few components are expected to survive.

New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.

An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking ...

Hundreds of mysterious objects have appeared in images captured by the Webb space telescope. The curious dots could reshape ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of ...

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