A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological ...

The task helps them survey the vast landscapes of the universe — from the Earth to the moon — in a space known as the Heat ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, an asteroid caught by Earth's gravity might have fragmented, creating a temporary ring ...

REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, reveals why some gray asteroids reflect light at different wavelengths, ...

The United States space agency has pioneered planetary science technologies as the world's leader in climate research for ...

Earth is so far the only known planet on which life exists—with liquid water and a stable atmosphere. However, the conditions were not conducive to life when it formed. The gas-dust cloud from which ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has helped researchers learn new information about how the Earth may have been formed as it gives a deeper look into the Butterfly Nebula.

Are you a researcher in Earth, Planetary or Space sciences wanting to share your work with wider non-academic audiences? This autumn the EGU Outreach Committee is sponsoring three workshop series’ to ...

Scientists have calculated the odds of a catastrophic asteroid impact compared to other causes of death—to surprising results ...

Simple organics: Amino acids, some of which were delivered to Earth via meteorites and comets, are introduced to observe whether they could concentrate within mineral membranes. Previous studies ...

Sitting in a dark planetarium, kids of all ages had stars in their eyes on Friday as they learned about black holes and Earth science from working NASA scientists. The scientists on Friday answered ...

The near-Earth asteroid Bennu contains stardust that is older than the solar system and clues about its violent history, ...