A distant white dwarf hosts an Earth-like planet in an orbit that might be similar to Earth’s if it survives the Sun’s red giant phase.

Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...

A supposedly stable belt of radiation 7000 km above the Earth’s surface may in fact be producing damaging bursts of ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

These “miniature trails of destruction,” as the researchers call them, are caused by high-energy particles bouncing off the ...

Strictly Come Dancing star Sarah Hadland is set to for a huge performance this weekend and received high praise from an ...

A study in Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed ...

The European Southern Observatory captured a Halloween-themed image of the Dark Wolf Nebula, a hauntingly dense cloud of ...

The signal, transmitted in May 2023 from the European Space Agency's (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), was part of an innovative art project called "A Sign in Space," led by media artist Daniela ...

Britain’s Prince William is visiting South Africa, where he will speak with young environmentalists and local fishermen.

An overview of the billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist and sports lover who has held an impressive range of positions in ...