Oxygen isotope analysis of lunar soil shows meteorites delivered only a limited amount of water to the Earth–Moon system ...

The discovery of a newborn magnetar inside a distant supernova helps explain why some stellar explosions shine far brighter ...

Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.

Between 720 million and 635 million years ago, Earth may have experienced one of ...

Scientists have analyzed more than 40 years of astronomical data to uncover evidence that the sun's internal structure subtly ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of researchers has discovered chemical fingerprints from enormous ...

The findings confirm a theory first proposed 16 years ago by University of California, Berkeley theoretical astrophysicist ...

Outdoor air pollution is estimated to contribute to more than 100,000 premature deaths in the United States each year, ...

Bright streaks on a small asteroid moon looked, at first, like a camera problem. They were faint, fan-shaped, and easy to ...

Earth’s magnetic field does not simply switch direction like a flipped light switch. It weakens, wanders, and reorganizes itself over thousands of years before settling again.

New research shows that fires in northern forests are releasing far more carbon than global climate models have been tracking.

Shifts in the Gulf Stream could help researchers predict the human-driven failure of a huge system of ocean currents known as ...