"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if Mars weren't there?"

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ground than Republicans.

Although 2025 did not set a new global temperature record, it still delivered clear signs of a warming planet.

For the first time, the three-year average global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial temps.

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study.

Social media users shared a cosmic claim about an alleged secret NASA document named "Project Anchor" leaking online in 2024.

Trump’s push to break that chokepoint is lifting rare-earths startups. Phoenix Tailings, a startup focused on recycling mining byproducts into rare-earth minerals, added $33 million to its Series B in 2025, bringing its funding round total to $76 million.

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow shock" as it zooms through the Milky Way. The cosmic zombie is also ripping apart its partner star like a black hole.