JoAnna Wendel

Here's everything you need to know about the potentially hazardous asteroids that come worryingly close to our planet.

There are some bone-chilling places on Earth, but what is the lowest temperature ever recorded and where was it?

Although a mountain could theoretically grow taller than Mount Everest, forces like gravity and erosion work against it.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists observed a massive dust storm in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, a 'super-Jupiter' exoplanet located 40 light-years from Earth.

China is deploying thousands of sensors nearly a mile under the ocean's surface, to monitor the darkness for flashes of light that reveal the presence of a neutrino.

In samples of organic-rich black shale, scientists found evidence for oxygen depletion and hydrogen sulfide expansion in ancient seas.

If wormholes exist, they might magnify distant objects according to Einstein's theory of relativity — and that makes it possible for us to find them, new research suggests.

Scientists calculated the diameter of Earth's innermost core using earthquake waves that bounced through the planet 'like ping-pong balls.'

Asteroid (199145) 2005 YY128 will pass by Earth at a distance of 2.5 million miles on Feb. 15, but will pose no threat to our planet.

Leading theories suggest that the first energy used by life was either from the sun or from geothermal heat and chemistry at the bottom of the ocean.

Using the ALMA telescope in Chile and Einstein's theory of relativity, scientists observed a young galaxy in the early universe that is invisible in nearly every wavelength.

Twelve newly confirmed moons bring Jupiter's total to 92, surpassing Saturn's 83 moons.

Bees do have a femur and a tibia, but do they have a kneecap like ours?

Tonight (Feb. 1), the green comet C/2022 E3 ZTF will make its closest approach to Earth since the age of the Neanderthals. Here's how to view it.

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest observations of icy molecules will help scientists understand how habitable planets form.

An analysis of eight years of data reveals a possible telltale sign that a region of the sun is about to erupt.

Using a technique to study seismic waves, researchers revealed a previously unknown magma chamber underneath a the Kolumbo submarine volcano.

If these organisms are eating viruses in nature, it could change the way scientists think about global carbon cycling.

The last time comet C/2022 E3 passed by Earth, modern humans were mingling with Neanderthals.

Mysterious "halos" of rock surrounding cracks in a Martian crater may be made of water-rich opal gemstones, a new study suggests.

Studying Titan's clouds will help scientists understand why Saturn's largest moon is the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere.

Although models accurately predicted the evolution of the Arctic storm, scientists were surprised to see just how much sea ice thickness decreased in the storm's aftermath.

The new "dwarf dinosaur" species lends more evidence to the "island rule," which posits that animals evolving on islands become smaller than their mainland counterparts.

From leaks to weather to logistical concerns, there's a lot that can go wrong with a rocket launch. Here's why it has taken NASA so long to get its Mega Moon Rocket off the ground.

Using a metal detector in a field, a Norwegian man stumbled upon a number of silver pieces dating back to the Viking Age.