Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth's twin based on their similar size and rocky composition.

There are two types of poles on Earth: the geographic and magnetic poles. The geographic North Pole "stays at the same place, ...

The term "digital twin of the Earth" creates the idea of the availability of a highly accurate virtual copy of our planet, ...

A weird "quasi-moon" of Earth is about to get a name — and you can be part of the process. Earlier this year, the science podcast Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) — the ...

Currently, land degradation disrupts food security, drives migration, and fuels conflicts. The global area affected by land ...

Like Earth, Saturn’s axis is tilted, NASA explains. Next year, Saturn will transition and its tilt will shift, altering our ...

Our sister planet is thought to have once been a habitable world, but a new study could change that narrative and alter the ...

Ask any meteorologist and they will tell you winter has begun. That’s because meteorological winter starts on December 1 and ...

The peak of the Geminids meteor shower is coming up this month. Here’s how you can catch this annual phenomenon.

The asteroids, named 447755 (2007 JX2) and (2020 XR), are each estimated to be roughly between 900 feet and 2,100 feet across ...

But near the Pacific Northwest’s particularly fraught fault zone, where the Juan de Fuca plate located just offshore dives ...

Back in April, the White House issued a challenge to scientists to develop a lunar time standard to support future moon bases and increase traffic between ...