A massive platform hidden in a southern Mexico jungle for 3,000 years actually is a giant map of the Maya order of the universe.

Blue Origin also successfully landed the New Glenn booster back to Earth, a key feature for the reusable rocket that will ...

You may have heard people say that aboard the International Space Station (ISS) there's "zero gravity," but in fact, gravity is still very much present. The station orbits Earth at an altitude of ...

Earth has one true moon, but there are also several asteroids known as quasi-moons that are in orbit with the sun. A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 PN7, is the seventh confirmed quasi-moon that ...

We know surprisingly little about Earth’s deep seafloor – only a small percentage has been mapped in detail. There are better maps of the Moon’s surface than of the bottom of Earth’s ocean. Ships with ...

In orbit, astronauts float weightless because they’re in continuous free-fall around Earth. To recreate gravity, engineers propose rotating spacecraft that use centrifugal force to push objects ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for scientists. During earlier and later time periods, tectonic plates kept a steady ...

As humans set their sights on living beyond Earth, one surprising challenge is emerging: how do we grow healthy crops in the uncharted environment of space? Purdue University researchers, in ...