Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

We often think of the ground beneath us as solid and unchanging. But deep under the surface, Earth is constantly shifting and ...

Could a reactionless, gravity-defying propulsion system actually work? A former NASA engineer says yes, but scientists are ...

The recently launched Fram2 mission, which is funded and led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will attempt to grow ...

Imminent loss of NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT will severely diminish scientists’ ability to monitor ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere.

Scientists urge storytelling in scientific writing to connect emotionally and spark public action on climate change.

A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.

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However, some of Earth’s oldest fish called coelacanths make it out unscathed. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 There was likely not a single definitive cause of this period of mass ...

The Fram2 crew will be the first people to observe the polar regions from low Earth orbit, and they'll work on experiments ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.