Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered an extrasolar planet orbiting TOI-4616—a nearby M-dwarf star. The newfound alien world, ...

Thousands of No Kings protests against President Donald Trump’s policies were held across the country Saturday, including several in the Rochester region. About 100 people lined the sidewalk next to ...

Webb telescope data shows a once-risky asteroid will safely pass Earth and the Moon in 2032, removing all impact concerns.

Olivine, the most common mineral in the upper 400 km (about 250 miles) of Earth’s interior, has long been studied for how it deforms. Scientists have identified two primary directions of dislocation ...

From Calle’s habitat, known as MDRS, the cotton candy sky against the red rocks of the Western United States “felt like Mars, ...

Marie Byrd Land is one of the only places on Earth that no country has claimed, making it a unique anomaly on the world map. Located deep within Antarctica, it exists outside traditional borders and ...

High-energy particles called galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) bombard unprotected objects in space, often causing damage. Earth, ...

A 1,300-pound NASA satellite is hurtling back toward Earth, but don't worry, it's expected to fall in open waters. Van Allen Probe A, a satellite used to survey Earth's permanent radiation belts, is ...

In October 2025, something wild happened on the global stage that clearly demonstrated one of the Western world’s most glaring weaknesses…but most people in the United States missed it entirely. This ...

Sponges may be ancient, but their timeline has been murky. New research suggests the earliest sponges were soft and skeleton-free, explaining why their fossils don’t appear until much later. By ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Kelly Fast, NASA’s acting planetary defense officer, said the greatest threat comes from asteroids that haven’t yet been ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two missions NASA selected Feb. 5 for its Earth System Explorer program. Credit: Lanteris Space Systems WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth ...