A new study finds that Earth once had Saturn-like rings. The temporary structure likely consisted of debris from a broken-up asteroid.

the study was published Tuesday in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. The scientists behind the study believe ...

Inside our cells, ribosomes—the tireless "protein factories" of life—have just shown off a new skill they haven't used in ...

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers has shared an incredible image of a sprite, a rare weather phenomenon that's triggered high ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...

Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Only July 3, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers aboard the International Space Station photographed a gigantic jet—a massive bolt ...

A new study does the difficult task of trying to piece together the history of the world’s largest subduction zone.

The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.

Paul Scofield, a project adviser and senior curator of natural history at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, ...