Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm Monday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and ...

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

A bullet-speed experiment reveals that the Earth's inner core may be softer and more dynamic than previously thought.

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For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This ...

Earth's orbiting satellites are commonly regarded as if they were suspended in mid-air. It is a fact that they actually ...

It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim ...

The Earth channels cosmic power in the form of solar energy. The coming winter superstorm shows just what havoc that power ...

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...