Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of planet K2-18b, located about ...

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A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have questions, though.

Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space. They hope the project will help shed light on some little ...

Large quantities of aerosols and gases released by the impact could ascend into the atmosphere, altering Earth’s climate with lingering effects, she said. If Bennu were to strike the ocean ...

Its plunge back to Earth through the atmosphere may have generated 45.5 metric tons of metal oxides and 40 metric tons of nitrogen oxides, according to University College London atmospheric ...

And in 2013, a 20-meter-wide (66-foot-wide) asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere over Chelyabinsk, Russia. It exploded in the air, releasing 20 to 30 times more energy than that of the first ...

Geoscientists conducted ... Earth Scientists Study Sikkim Flood in India to Help Others Prepare for Similar Disasters Jan. 30, 2025 — Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced ...

It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, right on the edge of Earth's atmosphere. High in the skies of Earth, a new space race is underway. Here, just above the boundary where ...

Earth just experienced its warmest January on record, according to data analyzed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service. Despite a record-breaking snowfall in the south, persistent cold ...

Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet.

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity.