In the 30 years since the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, more than 6,000 planets outside our Solar System have been catalogued. Two modern-day explorers explain how.

Is it really possible that half of all people who have ever been age 65 or older are still alive today? We explore the ...

"It shows that Makemake is not an inactive remnant of the outer solar system, but a dynamic body where methane ice is still ...

Many planetary systems are born in slightly tilted protoplanetary disks, which would explain the misaligned orbits from the ...

Rising wildfire risk, shrinking snowpack, and shifting weather patterns are driving insurance costs up — or making coverage ...

The circle of nature isn’t always reflected in the circle of consumer products, too many of which take a one-way journey to ...

TerraCycle takes the items that local recycling centers cannot recycle, from razors to food wrappers to Swiffer pads. Here's ...

Planet-warming emissions from a group of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers have significantly ramped up the intensity of heat waves, a new study suggests, one of the first ...

For decades, scientists engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have probed the galaxy for signs of ...

Yudkowsky and Soares are calling for international treaties akin to those aiming to prevent nuclear war. And if diplomacy ...

The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can ...