IIST researchers use a model to study how microgravity impacts core body temperature and thermoregulation in astronauts.

Earth and Mars are mysteriously low in elements like copper and zinc, which are crucial for planetary chemistry and ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...

Earth Day is meant to raise global awareness and action on environmental issues, but this year the holiday stands against a ...

To build the TerraMesh dataset that underpins TerraMind, IBM’s researchers compiled data on everything from biomes to land ...

Earth is still the only confirmed planetary body with life, yet people take it for granted. Here are three reflections on the 55th anniversary of Earth Day.

The process of choosing a pope, also known as “conclave,” is a combination of ancient tradition, religious ritual and ...

The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is part of a different supercluster called Laniakea, which, at 500 million light-years wide, ...

So, what gives? Which day is the “real” Earth Day? The first Earth Day celebration was proposed by peace activist John McConnell at a UNESCO conference in 1969, to be held on March 21 of the ...

One small step for man, one disgracefully obscene waste of money. Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin have been spending hundreds of millions of dollars on space missions which they ...