As that description notes, the WorldView Legion spacecraft are capable of resolving features as small as 12 inches (30 ...

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...

"I know that if it weren't for Edgar, many more people would have died that night," Rep. Judy Chu said as she presented ...

The Anita C. Leight Estuary Center in Abingdon, celebrated World Wetlands Day Saturday, with a Wetland Deli, music, games and ...

So, every day is getting just a touch bit longer. In 1900, a day was exactly 24 hours in length, but an analysis of ...

A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...

Earth is constantly changing, but some natural events might be signaling something much bigger. From strange weather patterns ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...

The closest of the asteroids to us—estimated to be about the size of a car—is whizzing through space at 27,358 miles per hour ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...

HD 20794 d completes its orbit just shy of two Earth years, placing it well within reach of conditions that might harbor life ...

The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ...