Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...

Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

The astronomers spotted the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an MIT-led mission that ...

Scientists have found carbon residue in Martian rocks, indicating that an ancient carbon cycle existed. It means Mars was ...

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

An almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to new research.

While the Statue of Liberty may not be submerged, low-lying places like Ellis Island could be underwater. By 2100, sea-level ...

And it means the Red Planet was likely once warm enough to sustain life. Researchers have long believed that, billions of years ... a 350 million mile (560 million km) journey, the £1.8 billion ...

At this pace, given its small mass, the researchers predict that the planet may completely disintegrate in about 1 million to 2 million ... were spotted over 10 years ago using data from NASA ...