For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars ...

New reports out of the NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggest that the carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in Earth’s ...

Earth’s magnetic field seems to correlate with conditions that helped complex life to thrive — a discovery that could aid the search for life on distant exoplanets.

Because of this tilt, the Sun sits lower in the sky during winter, which is why the days are shorter. And because the Sun ...

There’s a high chance of a severe geomagnetic storm Sunday into Monday, potentially leading to aurora displays as far south as California and Alabama, and some disruptions to technology such as GPS ...

Atmosphere (out June ... that everything is black. There is no horizon, only the edge of Navigator and then nothingness with the brilliant colors of Earth in the distance.

Astronomers are developing plans and technology for increasingly powerful space telescopes. For instance, NASA is working on its proposed Habitable Worlds Observatory, which would take ultrasharp ...

My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, ...

“It’s a place where you can reduce energy consumption with basically no loss to anyone ... because most Earth-observing satellites are not sensitive to those wavelengths of light.

New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will ...

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and ...