About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

It took three million years for the chemical composition of the planet to be stable after its birth, but elements to help ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

The cuts come amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to shift away from clean energy sources and cut Environmental ...

Humans are gambling on the very stability of Earth's life support systems, scientists said Wednesday, warning that ocean ...

An international team including University of Tennessee, Knoxville Professor Alycia Stigall, offers a new way to examine the ...

Wildfire-born storms have become a growing part of fire seasons across the West, with lasting impacts on air quality, weather ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its nebular gas had been consumed—Earth's solar system and its planets looked more ...

The exoplanet was discovered during preliminary observations from the James Webb Space Telescope. Experts say they could soon ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and Earth. The authors dubbed it Planet Y.