New research has revealed why carbonaceous asteroids, some of the most chemically primitive materials in the solar system, ...

A new study shows how the Sun and Earth's atmosphere destroy life-bearing meteoroids before they reach the planet.

Water falls on Earth every day as rain, and now scientists seem to have found a way of using it to create renewable ...

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at ...

They have created a device for the production of carbon-free, green hydrogen through solar-powered electrolysis of seawater.

O’Donoghue added that astronomers have only seen similar heating on Earth—though on a ... than previously known. In our solar system, bursts from the Sun could change the atmospheric dynamics ...

Did you know that human beings can only go for a few days without water before dying? Fortunately, the Earth has multiple sources of water for all living beings. Some are natural, meaning they have ...

But there’s a catch — it only works with UV light, which is just a small part of the sunlight we get on Earth ... solar-powered nanomats could be life-changing in places where clean drinking ...

A solar eclipse is a shadow dance involving the sun, Earth and moon. The moon passes before the sun, blocking the star and casting a shadow on our planet. If the weather permits, people in the ...

With a deep partial solar eclipse already in progress, a crescent sun will appear on the eastern horizon. Thirteen U.S. states will see the March 29 solar eclipse in some form, with a deeper ...

When the sun is this active, it throws more solar flares than normal. Since solar flares hitting Earth are how auroras are formed, that means there's an even higher chance of a good aurora ...