Earth’s climate balance isn’t just governed by the slow weathering of silicate rocks, which capture carbon and stabilize temperature over eons. New research reveals that biological and oceanic ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

About 50 light-years from Earth, a gas giant about half the mass of Jupiter orbits a sunlike star. The discovery of Pegasi 51 b ushered in a new era of exoplanet research.

Washington, DC— Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between ...

Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

This is the message of the sixth issue of the annual "State of the Climate" report. The report was prepared by an ...

New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.

A 2023 astronaut photo shows off an unusual cranium-like structure appearing to stare up into space from the floor of a large ...

Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.

The study revealed that TOI-2267 has two closely bound stars orbiting each other, and the third planet transits the companion ...