A newly identified planet candidate, HD 137010 b, looks strikingly Earth-like in size and orbit — but it may be colder than Mars due to its dimmer star. If it has a thick enough atmosphere, though, ...

Learn about HD 137010 b, a cold Earth‑sized planet candidate that sits near the outer edge of its star’s habitable zone.

The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

Thandiwe Newton, Maxine Peake, Danny Sapani, and Ncuti Gatwa have joined BBC, HBO, and series creator Michaela Coel's First ...

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

The best cooling sheets for hot sleepers dissipate heat and wick moisture. Our top picks include cotton, bamboo, linen, and Tencel options.

While there is truly no shortage of so bad they’re good sci-fi movies (we have the 1950s and early 1960s to thank for some ...

Seasonal changes are caused by Earth's 23.5-degree axial tilt, not its distance from the Sun. When a hemisphere leans towards the Sun, it receives direct sunlight and experiences summer, while the ...

Deep beneath the ocean floor, ancient sediments hint that Earth’s magnetic field sometimes changed far more slowly than expected.

An experiment to quantify the amount of the universe’s lightest element in Earth’s core suggests that the planet’s water has mostly been here since the beginning ...

Some of Earth’s earliest microbes evolved the ability to use oxygen hundreds of millions of years before it accumulated in ...

VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF is downgraded to Hold due to high valuations and a surprisingly small global rare earths market. Read more on REMX.