The first false-color image from ESA's newly operational Biomass satellite shows off a unique perspective of the rainforests, ...

In a solar system far, far away NASA have discovered a planet which they think 'might be remarkably similar to Earth', though ...

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet candidate around a Sun-like star just 146 light-years away from us.

A newly identified Earth-sized exoplanet with a year-long orbit may lie near its star’s habitable zone, but extreme cold could limit its chances of hosting liquid water.

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

With satellites and space junk increasingly cluttering our planet’s low Earth orbit, a team of scientists warn that this ...

Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable new planet which is estimated to be 6 percent larger than Earth. Named HD 137010 b, the planet is located about 146 light-away from Earth ...

A new discovery in the search for Earth-like exoplanets has just been published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on ...

Measurements of seismic waves over many years suggest the Earth's core is deformed and reshaped by conditions of extreme heat and pressure.

Ancient volcanic rocks reveal how two giant hot regions beneath Africa and the Pacific have shaped Earth's magnetic shield.