The discovery of a collection of about 700 fossils known as the Jiangchuan Biota gives scientists a better understanding of ...

The SETI Institute’s new Discovery and Futures Lab is expanding the search for life beyond Earth, uniting science, ethics, ...

NASA's planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope, has just discovered Kepler-452b, a planet that scientists are calling "Earth 2.0." Scientists said in a press conference Thursday that they ...

A new study suggests rare earth elements form in magma above ancient subduction zones, as that magma reacts with substances ...

"This experiment's never been run before on another world," said Amy Williams, an astrobiologist working on the Curiosity ...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting ...

As of late 2025, NASA had confirmed the existence of a temporary second moon that would remain in orbit next to Earth until 2083. Astronomers discovered a "quasi-satellite" of Earth, also known as a ...

As part of the agency's efforts to enable broader use of space, NASA has released its final goals and objectives for low Earth orbit, defining the long-term approach toward advancing microgravity ...

How much do you know about our planet? Here are the amazing, odd and downright cool Earth facts scientists learned in the ...

The Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor is hosting one of its busiest April vacations yet, coinciding with Earth Day celebrations. Activities this week include a live reptile show, dry ice demonstrations ...

The Discovery and Futures Lab’s mission is to anticipate and explore humanity’s responses to the discovery of life beyond ...