Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

As climate extremes intensify and global tipping points loom, Earth science has never been more vital — but not everyone is treating it that way. In the United States, NASA's science programs are ...

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and applied research, Research Opportunities in ...

The 2017-2027 Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space (ESAS 2017) will help shape science priorities and guide agency investments into the next decade. The survey, sponsored by ...

In April, scientists announced that they had used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to find a potential signature of alien ...

Some were lost during missions, others deliberately dumped, all of them now part of the growing problem of space debris.

Rare earth metals power modern tech and clean energy, driving global trade shifts and geopolitical tension as new materials ...

Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from ...

Jeff Bezos' MethaneSAT, an $88 million satellite designed to track global methane emissions, has failed due to a complete ...

Key points The deep sea is one of Earth's most fragile and least understood environments.A group of scientists led by CSIRO ...