Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's ...

A team of researchers studied seven months of depression scores and body temperature readings from more than 20,000 ...

July 22 is one of the shortest days in history due to Earth spinning faster. The shortest day in history is coming up next month.

Mission scientists "waited with bated breath" to see if their last-minute operation to save a spacecraft's camera hundreds of millions of miles away had worked.

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet ...

The thunder of a solid rocket booster hurtling a scientific payload to the edge of space shook the sides of buildings on White Sands Missile Range Friday. The sounding rocket carried the first space t ...

Planet Nine should appear stationary over the course of a single day but show detectable movement over months.

Answer 17: A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in space. A meteor is the streak of light produced when a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere. A meteorite is a meteoroid that survives passage ...

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

Infrared temperature measurement of wall areas with automatic distance correction is a technique used to accurately determine the temperature on specific sections of a wall. The process involves using ...

The first interstellar visitor observed from Earth was Oumuamua, Hawaiian for scout, in honor of the observatory in Hawaii that discovered it in 2017. Classified at first as an asteroid, the elongated ...

Science News: NASA has discovered the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas, located 4.5 au from the Sun, offering a rare glimpse into celestial bodies from outside our solar system. Scientists confirm it ...