Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists analyzed far-away bodies -- known as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) -- and found varying traces of methanol. The discoveries are helping them ...

By day, Chris Boone leads the USC Price School of Public Policy as dean. By night, he captures the wonders of the cosmos ...

These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.

In a nutshell A massive hot rock plume from Earth’s mantle helped create a land bridge between Africa and Asia 20 million ...

Multiple climate "tipping points" are likely to be triggered if global policies stay on their current course, new research shows. Scientists assessed the risk of "tipping" in 16 different parts of the ...

Abstract: Practical test methods and techniques are presented for measuring the electrical characteristics of grounding systems. Topics addressed include safety considerations, measuring earth ...

Here’s a little spoiler for next month’s Cosmic Calendar: early May will see the return of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. The ...

A new kind of microscope called ELVIS is heading to the International Space Station to change how we study life in space. By ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But ...

Thanks to NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found the best evidence yet of life on another world outside our solar system.