Caltech researchers have developed a new simulation of the hydrological cycle on Jupiter, modeling how water vapor condenses into clouds and falls as rain throughout the giant planet's swirled, ...

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

Thanks to a speed-up of Earth's rotation, the length of the astronomical day and the length of the clock day aren't quite matching up. Eventually, international timekeepers may need to subtract a ...

If you're in the right plane, can you start out in daylight and circle the Earth without ever seeing darkness? Sure, you can ... but you'll need plenty of fuel.

The Earth’s climate is a dynamic entity, continuously evolving over billions of years with alternating periods of extreme heat and cold. Recent scientific studies indicate that the Earth is subtly ...

Would you guess that the Earth is spinning at 1,000 mph around its axis and at the same time hurtling through space on its orbit around the Sun at 67,000 mph? Here’s why you don’t feel all that motion ...

Curly (Erana James), Tootles (Kit Young), and Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant) look at a specimen in a jar in Alien: Earth. Image via FX on Hulu Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth ...

Temperatures on the planet could make water theoretically possible. Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named TRAPPIST-1 e, ...

TORONTO — Houston Astros right-hander Luis Garcia left his start Tuesday against the Blue Jays due to “elbow discomfort,” the team said, potentially interrupting the 28-year-old’s comeback from Tommy ...

Last week’s episode of Alien: Earth took us all the way back to when it all went wrong aboard the USCSS Maginot. Now, the FX show returns to the main narrative, to explore the fallout of that ...

A 250-day experiment using a ring laser achieved unprecedented accuracy in measuring Earth's axial wobble (nutation and precession), surpassing previous gyroscope and ring laser technologies by a ...

The Detroit Tigers' weekend series with the Chicago White Sox was disappointing after losing two out of three games. Even though the Tigers are 20 games over the .500 mark and in firm control of the ...