Earth hides its scars well; the planet has endured countless millennia of eruptions and collisions, but scientists are still stumbling upon the evidence of all that geologic drama. Now, one such team has announced that it spotted a scar hidden below ...

Astronomers have found strong evidence of a frigid alien world about 3.2 times more massive than Earth circling Barnard's Star, a dim red dwarf that lies just 6 light-years from the sun. Barnard's Star is our sun's nearest neighbor, apart from the ...

Scientists have learned more about 'Oumuamua, the hunk of matter that is the first known interstellar object to ever be detected by scientists within the boundary of the solar system. Specifically, observations performed by researchers using the ...

New research indicates that a volcano near Naples, Italy might be in the early stages of gearing up for an eruption large enough to change the area's landscape. The study, published today in Science Advances, may be of particular interest to the 1.5 ...

As Earth's tectonic plates dive beneath one another, they drag three times as much water into the planet's interior as previously thought. Those are the results of a new paper published today (Nov. 14) in the journal Nature. Using the natural seismic ...

China has taken a big step forward in the quest for nuclear fusion—an almost unlimited source of clean, cheap energy that would harness power in the same way the Sun does. Scientists with the Chinese Academy of Sciences have announced their ...

A forecast of low ceilings, thick clouds and rainy weather Thursday has led NASA and Northrop Grumman officials to push back the launch of an Antares rocket and a space station-bound supply ship from Virginia's Eastern Shore to Friday morning. Launch ...

Russia has revealed a "spacecraft of the future" that could one day put humans on Mars. Roscosmos showed off concept designs for the sci-fi spacecraft – but failed to say exactly when it would launch. The spaceship is currently in development at Russia ...

NASA just announced bold plans to send humans to the moon (and beyond) for the first time in nearly 50 years. Buzz60. Mars. If NASA is able to overcome huge technological and medical hurdles, the agency believes it could send humans to Mars in about ...