A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

Ancient rocks from Greenland, Canada and Hawaii preserve a rare chemical fingerprint that may come from the Earth before the ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...

The first picture of a planet outside our solar system may actually depict a swirl of space dust, a new study suggests.

About 620 light-years from Earth, a gigantic rogue proto-planet is currently devouring 6.6 billion tons of dust and gas per ...

When a Mars-sized meteorite slammed into Earth billions of years ago, the impact completely reset any and all chemical ...

The discovery of ancient water in a planet-forming disk reveals that some of the water found in comets—and maybe even ...

ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a rogue planet and revealed that it is eating up gas and dust from its surroundings ...

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ...

An arboretum has launched a youth forum to shape the future of some of the planet's rarest trees. It wants volunteers aged ...

The Nature Conservancy Chief Scientist Katharine Hayhoe sits down for an exclusive interview with Newsweek during New York ...