We've been living on this planet for hundreds of thousands of years, and we still don't fully understand it. That's not a failure of science - it's a reflection of how genuinely complex Earth is, from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers found a nearby super-Earth, GJ 251 c, orbiting in its star's habitable zone. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) In a secluded ...

Despite modern satellites and increasingly detailed maps, islands are still emerging and being identified around the world.

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new super-Earth exoplanet orbiting a star located about 83 light years away. The newfound alien world is slightly ...

Imagine southern Brazil’s vast grasslands, where the earth reveals its ancient secrets. It’s not just dirt; it’s a time capsule bursting open fast. Meet Gnathovorax cabreirai, a Triassic-era ruler of ...

Every November, the Leonid meteor shower lights up the sky — a dazzling reminder that our planet is just one small part of a vast, mysterious cosmos. As shooting stars streak overhead, it's hard not ...

You may have heard a lot of online chatter about Earth's two moons recently, but that doesn't quite get the discovery right. Earth still only has one true natural satellite — our 2,159-mile-wide moon ...

Our Research Fellows conduct novel research into understudied aspects of discoveries in astrobiology and SETI, across a wide array of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. These ...

Scientists have long believed that the Moon was formed by a massive object crashing into the Earth billions of years ago and sending chunks hurtling into space that ultimately coalesced. But what was ...