Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial ...
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For more than 250 million years, coral reefs have had a major influence on Earth's changing climate
Coral reefs are Earth’s most diverse marine ecosystems and a beloved tourist destination. Now, new research reveals that they ...
The 84-foot-diameter space rock—dubbed "2025 XM"—is hurtling through the solar system at a zippy 9,753 miles per hour.
Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky ...
New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...
The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's ...
Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November 2026, the probe will be one light-day from Earth.
When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...
Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...
Space.com on MSN
Uranus may have more in common with Earth than we thought, 40-year-old Voyager 2 probe data shows
Revisiting old data from Voyager 2, scientists have worked out how a dense, shocked region of the solar wind could have ...
New Scientist on MSN
Earth and solar system may have been shaped by nearby exploding star
A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...
I/ATLAS comet is the 3rd-ever object discovered that originated from outside our solar system. It's not a threat, approaches Earth in December 2025.
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