Every year, ultrarunners sign up to compete in a brutal race that stretches 135 miles across Death Valley in the high heat of summer. Because of its harsh conditions, the Badwater 135 is perhaps the ...

As scientists wait for the asteroid to reappear, its revised trajectory is now drawing attention to another possible target: ...

The solar system floats inside a vast, million-degree hot bubble—an invisible cocoon of thin gas that glows in X-ray light. Known as the Local Hot Bubble (LHB), this low-density cavity stretches more ...

Exploratory drilling Georgia Power conducted last year found south Georgia's coastal plain could have the potential to store large amounts of carbon dioxide deep underground.

Researchers are on firmer ground when it comes to the physiological impacts of increased UV radiation. With the weakened ...

Planet Nine should appear stationary over the course of a single day but show detectable movement over months.

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

Our circumstances here on the wondrous, life-supporting Earth can give us a false understanding of what the universe is ...

When your baby feels warm, it does not always mean they have a fever. A baby's age and how you take their temperature matter more than you think. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, explains why certain ...

If you have thought that the Earth is close to the sun in the summertime and that is why it is hotter this time of year, you will have to think again.

NASA has discovered an interstellar comet that’s wandered into our backyard.