An experiment to quantify the amount of the universe’s lightest element in Earth’s core suggests that the planet’s water has ...

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

As much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen may be in Earth’s core, scientists reported, suggesting most of Earth’s water was ...

NASA has selected two Earth science missions for development, one focused on studying the atmosphere and the other on terrestrial ecosystems and ice.

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) satellite is one of two next generation satellites selected by NASA to help ...

Could we prevent in-orbit crashes in the future by using advanced computer models?

The first false-color image from ESA's newly operational Biomass satellite shows off a unique perspective of the rainforests, ...

Planned launch of 500,000 satellites could spoil about one in three Hubble images, even when the telescope stays above Earth's weather.

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Space technology on Earth has gone from futuristic to foundational in our everyday lives. From satellite innovations that enable global communication to space science applications improving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The multibillion-year story of life on Earth is defined by a handful of epochal transformations, such as the emergence of the cell ...

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