A newly discovered space rock zoomed safely by Earth on Wednesday (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

MIT scientists have discovered ancient rock samples from Greenland, Canada, and Hawaii exhibiting a rare potassium-40 deficit ...

The simulation of the Solar System that came the closest to the observation was the presence of a small planet, between the ...

From deep-sea vents on Earth to frozen methane lakes on Titan, scientists are finding more parallels between alien worlds and ...

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of "proto Earth," which formed about 4.5 billion ...

Did NASA find another Earth? Scientists look to the sky to find a copy of our planet, and some experts think they may have ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A ...

Titan, with its thick nitrogen and methane atmosphere and bizarre orange-hued landscape of lakes and dunes, closely resembles ...

The discovery, published in Nature Geoscience, provides unprecedented insight into the chemical building blocks that formed our planet and challenges long-held assumptions about the complete ...

Gold prices are soaring, reaching historic highs as China announces the discovery of its largest gold deposit, potentially ...

Researchers discovered a new field of ancient tektites in South Australia, revealing a long-forgotten asteroid impact. These 11-million-year-old glass fragments differ chemically and geographically ...