Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the ... Marilyn Perkins is the content manager at Live Science. She is a science writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California.

Astronomers have made an exciting breakthrough by discovering four sub-Earth exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, our closest ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped. The team found ... Mar. 5, 2025 — Whether it's rivers cutting through earth ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to map the atmosphere of WASP-121b in 3D and what they found sounds like ...

Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...

Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

A new study presents a compelling new model for the formation of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes -- planets that are 1 to 4 times the size of Earth and among the most common in our galaxy. Using ...