ESA’s Swarm satellite mission has discovered a mysterious magnetic wave that "oscillates every seven years and propagates ...

A rocky exoplanet outside the Earth's solar system may have an atmosphere, according to new evidence gathered by NASA ...

Astronomers detect strong evidence of an atmosphere on ultra-hot TOI-561 b, a low-density rocky planet circling a star older ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

The National Museum of Natural History’s new Pachycephalosaurus skull sheds light on enigmatic group of dinosaurs and will be ...

Earth is the only home humanity has ever known, yet most people are unaware of the incredible mysteries, extremes, and scientific wonders that make our planet unique. From hidden geological features ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Read our review of *Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo*, now in performances at the Young Vic to 31 January 2026. Read more ...

Whether they’re idealistic heroes, diabolical villains, or grounded figures who fall somewhere in between, these characters ...

What if I told you some beaches are not beige at all? We are talking black, pink, green, and even red. Let’s fly over the ...

This December's dazzling display comes from a strange asteroid with comet-like behavior—and a tail of debris that astronomers ...