A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy.

The Earth is absorbing more sunlight and trapping more heat than it releases into space, causing our planet to warm up at an increasing rate. New research shows that cloudy areas over oceans are ...

No two pieces are ever the same! Jack Mack Woodturning creates one-of-a-kind woodturned art, celebrating the beauty of craftsmanship and nature. Fifth-generation farming family determined to ...

That junk includes results of old space crashes and parts of rockets with most of it too small to be tracked. There are 11,905 satellites circling Earth — 7,356 in low orbit — according to the ...

But these drops could have travelled across the globe from a giant impact anywhere on Earth, most likely from a crater that has now been destroyed. After consulting the GSWA maps and aerial ...

The country's leadership, meanwhile, reportedly believes that its mineral wealth may be behind the president's apparent interest in integrating Canada into the U.S. As shown on the map below ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

As illustrated in the map below, based on data from the latest U.S. Geological Survey report on rare earths, China holds the world's largest rare earth reserves, estimated at 44 million metric tons.

Researchers explore the likelihood that Earth's climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they analyzed earthquake data ...

Deep in the Mojave National Preserve lies an old open pit mine where workers dug ... Mine today—but now they're also looking for rare earth minerals used in advanced technologies.

Resilience is taking a longer, more circuitous path to Earth's nearest neighbor — one that didn't have a target landing date until Monday. (Previously, ispace had said touchdown was expected ...