Learn more about the true shape of our planet and the mission behind this exact imaging. Earth is a perfect sphere, right? The images from space and the globes in our classrooms make it seem so. But ...

A battle of forces, driven by the motion of Earth’s core, can explain small variations in the planet’s rotation, study finds.

A scorching, airless world just 48 light-years away is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the geology of distant planets. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers studied LHS 3844 b—a ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter, revealing the invisible framework that shaped the Universe long before stars and galaxies formed. Using powerful new observations ...

Earth idea is much older than the modern flat-Earth movement. Its history passes through ancient religion, early astronomy and some unexpected reinterpretations.