A small asteroid careened toward Earth before burning up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky witnessed across the region. The space rock, which was ...

Earth may have helped give rise to water on the moon while shielding it from solar winds. This defies a leading theory suggesting the moon needs solar radiation to make water. Understanding how water ...

A recent study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society examines how autocatalytic reactions, which is when molecules are produced from chemical reactions over and over, could help ...

(Original Caption) 4/22/1970-New York, NY- Fifth Avenue, reminiscent of some European promenade, is filled with thousands of people just after the fashionable street was closed to motor traffic at ...

The gravitational pull Mars exerts on Earth may be strong enough to impact ocean currents. A study suggests Mars can cause deep-sea currents to change over a 2.4 million-year cycle. The study could ...

Almost all Christmas carols convey hope, joy, and reverence, but “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” breaks this pattern and expresses some despair. The carol, based on a poem written by Henry ...

Colors derived from nature most often involve neutrals like brown and tan. But blues and greens inspired by the sky, ocean and landscape are top contenders when designing a room in earth tones. If you ...

The first half-billion years of Earth science were gnarly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Earth was just a wee young thing, ...

As twilight descends, nine students are making their way to the classroom at Smith’s MacLeish Field Station to rehearse a “choreopoem.” As they walk the woodsy paths in Whately, they clap out a rhythm ...

Grant Cox receives funding from the Australian Research Council Linkage scheme. Alan Collins receives funding from the Australian Research Council and a diverse range of government and industry ...

One of the surprising joys of Alien: Earth has been how unencumbered the whole thing feels within the scope of blockbuster, franchise filmmaking. For decades now, the Alien franchise has been trapped ...

"I did some research and found that there are some actual cyborgs walking around on Earth right now," actor Babou Ceesay said of preparing to play the cyborg Morrow on FX's "Alien: Earth." The show is ...