Ceres’ crust is probably made from 90% ice today. Using data from NASA’s Dawn mission, scientists found it was likely once a muddy ocean world.
Supermassive black holes are some of the most impressive objects in the universe - with masses around one billion times more than that of the Sun.
This discovery may shed light on new physics, taking us closer to breakthroughs in particle interactions beyond the Standard Model.
The light of a supernova that has traveled for 10 billion years to reach us has given us a new measurement of the Hubble constant - the accelerating rate at which the Universe is expanding.
Researchers analyzed new data describing the Moon's rigidity under the gravitational influence of Earth and the Sun, finding its mass is unlikely to be solid all the way through.
The science team thinks that igneous and/or metamorphic processes likely formed the rock.
Approximately one-third of children and teens worldwide are nearsighted — a figure that's more than three times higher than it was in 1990, according to a UK study.
Our planet will only remain able to provide even the most basic standard of living for everyone in the future if economic systems and technologies are dramatically transformed and critical resources are more fairly used, managed and shared.
Methane concentrations in Earth's atmosphere increased at record speed over the past five years. At least two-thirds of annual methane emissions now come from human activities.
Asteroid Ryugu possibly did not travel as far from its place of origin to its current near-Earth orbit as previously assumed. New research suggests that Ryugu was formed near Jupiter.
A study of more than 700 counties across multiple U.S. states found a link between childhood leukemia and levels of decaying radon gas, including those lower than the federal guideline for mitigation.
A new study documents how Southern Californians in U.S. are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that's been banned from children's items and beauty products.
Using data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the frozen surface of Pluto's moon Charon.
Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard's star, the closest single star to our Sun.
Scientists have now identified a strange slice of Earth deep below the Pacific that may explain why this region is currently creating the world's fastest spreading ocean ridge – the East Pacific Rise.
