Researchers are on firmer ground when it comes to the physiological impacts of increased UV radiation. With the weakened ...

Is the Moon’s slow retreat from Earth a cosmic time bomb in our planet’s relationship or an entry to the precision of modern ...

A team of researchers studied seven months of depression scores and body temperature readings from more than 20,000 ...

July 22 is one of the shortest days in history due to Earth spinning faster. The shortest day in history is coming up next month.

Planet Nine should appear stationary over the course of a single day but show detectable movement over months.

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

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

Earth’s temperature depends on how much sunlight the land, oceans, and atmosphere absorb, and how much heat the planet radiates back to space. This fact sheet describes the net flow of energy through ...

These hunts have led to the identification of other neighboring systems, but Gliese 12 b offers a new laboratory to examine factors like temperature, size, and star-to-planet distance in real time.

Scientists have discovered a fascinating “super-Earth” just 20 light-years away. It’s the outermost of three planets orbiting the star HD 20794 and experiences extreme temperature shifts, alternating ...