A bold geochemical model reveals that TOI‑270 d, a sub‑Neptune 73 light‑years away, is likely a giant rocky world cloaked in a blistering, dense atmosphere rather than a watery Hycean planet. Webb ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

Depleted groundwater threatens communities, agriculture, and ecosystems in California's Central Valley, which produces much ...

Project-based learning and a modular class design help students from various backgrounds and universities gain hands-on experience with environmental remote sensing.

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

Skyler Ware is a freelance science journalist covering chemistry, biology, paleontology and Earth science. She was a 2023 AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow at Science News.

2024 was one of the wettest years on record, witnessing record-breaking extreme precipitation events across the globe, several of which were compound events. Extreme rainfalls were unprecedented ...

Science News: Millions of people across the world will turn off non-essential lights for an hour on March 22 to observe Earth Hour 2025, a global movement aims at raising awareness about climate ...

The 25-kg contraption (slightly larger than a shoebox) will essentially scan the skies and map debris as small as 5 cm in Low-Earth Orbit ... skills in computer science and aerospace engineering ...

NASA’s Earth Observing fleet continues to age gracefully. While several new missions have joined the fleet in the past year, scientists and engineers work to extend the life of existing missions and ...

Steffen was also a member of the science team for NASA’s Kepler mission. Discoveries from that mission revolutionized our understanding of planets and planetary systems, Steffen said. As such, he was ...