Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...

How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

SpaceX recently shared a video taken from space that offers a stunning view of Earth as the company's satellites prepare to deploy in orbit following a recent rocket launch. The company ...

This year is on course to be the hottest on record, with an average global surface temperature more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. But there is some better news: the overall amount of ...

The 2024 World Wide Technology Championship continues on Sunday with the final round at El Cardonal in Mexico. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the World Wide Technology Championship ...

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the ...

An “ancient” comet that won’t be seen again for tens of thousands of years will be visible Thursday night, after traveling from beyond the solar system to within its closest point to Earth ...

When it hit Earth, it blew a Maryland-sized hole in the crust, igniting global firestorms and killing off some 75 percent of species. For the dinosaurs it drove to extinction, the event was ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

Created and produced by parents of young children, WBUR's Circle Round adapts carefully-selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 3-103.

A "bus-sized" asteroid being tracked by NASA will zoom safely past the Earth on Wednesday as both celestial objects make a close approach while orbiting around the sun. The space rock, known as ...

But, can you plant year round in a greenhouse? Many people believe they can grow anything anytime when they just got their own greenhouse. You can, but that’s not always the case. Sure ...