Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, may not be alone. And its potential companion may be responsible for ...

As human missions to Mars approach, the implications of pregnancy in space raise critical questions about conception, ...

For much of the planet’s recent geological history, ice ages came and went every 41,000 years. Then, during a period ...

Earth has been spinning faster for the past few years — a trend that could lead the world’s timekeeping institutions to take ...

Bulldozer activity involving coal at an open-air facility at the Port of Baltimore is closely linked to air pollutants in the ...

Hundreds of current and ex-employees of NASA signed a formal dissent letter protesting the Trump administration’s proposed ...

Scientists found 12,000-year-old glacier ice in the Alps, revealing new details about Europe’s climate history and human ...

When massive stars reach the end of their lives, something strange and violent happens deep inside them. As they run out of ...

Unassuming, icicle-like tubes could help answer mysteries about Earth’s climate. They are the world’s oldest ice cores, which ...

‘We are hoping to unlock all these amazing secrets.’ The new core ice, which was drilled near the Concordia research station in the ‘White Continent,’ beats the previous 800,000-year-old ice, which ...

An ancient ice core from Mont Blanc has revealed 12,000 years of climate and human history, making it the oldest Alpine ice ...