Of course, everything on Mars has to be different from Earth — not even the thunder can sound like thunder. Instead, these ...

Scorching planets that should be bone-dry may actually create their own water deep inside, forging oceans through molten rock ...

If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age.

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists. This planet orbits the star within the "Goldilocks zone"—a ...

Scientists studying samples from the Bennu asteroid located not too far from Earth continue to find clues as to how life ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges —sparks — and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomenon has now been confirmed through ...

Hot air evaporates a lot more water, so crops, forests and landscapes in some areas dry out, which makes them more susceptible to wildfire. Each Celsius degree of warming can cause a sixfold increase ...

If you've never sighted this rocky little world for yourself, you'll never get a better opportunity than right now to see it.

Searching for technosignatures—signs of technology on a planet that we can see from afar—remains a difficult task. There are ...

This temporal lag is a direct consequence of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The rule is simple: the weaker ...

The number of billionaires worldwide – and their combined wealth – reached record highs this year, buoyed in particular by ...

Marco Werman discusses the importance of a global perspective and why he loves his public radio program at GBH.