After 11 years mapping the Milky Way, the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope has retired. Scientists hailed it as ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...

Greenland's mineral riches are an increasing focus of the U.S. and, as the vice president recently warned, America's rivals.

A new study warns that global declines in soil moisture in the 21st century could mark a “permanent” shift in the world’s ...

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...

After more than a decade of charting the stars with extraordinary precision, the Gaia spacecraft has completed its mission.

China Miéville says science fiction is not the road map that Elon Musk and others in ... of the planet — as "sort of a blueprint for the future," Miéville said one could only "feel deep ...

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