A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.

WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, is a giant, ultra-hot, gaseous planet located 858 light years from Earth. It's hot because it ...

Researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Columbia University ...

UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why planet was likely harsh desert for most ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that ...

Iceland is a country unlike any other,a breathtaking island where volcanic forces and icy landscapes collide to form one of the most surreal environments on Earth. Often described as the land that ...