The world has already warmed 1.49°C (2.6°F) compared to pre-industrial levels, according to new research using Antarctic ice ...

Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India ...

If you didn't know, Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. Let's explain ...

In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, researchers have successfully drilled the deepest-ever core sample from Earth's ...

A planetary magnetic field is produced by a geodynamo effect deep inside a planet. A planet like Earth has an iron-nickel ...

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars – are all made of solid, rocky material, Jupiter is a gas giant with a composition similar t ...

A trio of physicists, two with Coventry University, in the U.K., and the third with Laboratoire National des Champs ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

The Earth’s magnetic field is why we are here today. It protects life from harmful radiation from the Sun and many other cosmic events. It is generated in the liquid outer core of our planet, but ...

Is there something strange and alien confined deep inside the Earth? Is it trying to break free and escape into the heavens?

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...