When global events set our minds to wondering if humanity has what it takes to persist, it's natural to wonder about other worlds, other life, other intelligent species, and if those others might be ...

When humanity shifted from an economy based on balance to one driven by unrestrained exploitation, both environmental and ...

If Earth needs to borrow a cup of sugar, it's comforting to know that there may be a convenient, possibly habitable, world orbiting Alpha Centauri only 4.34 light years away – at least, if the ...

As another world around TRAPPIST-1 shows no signs of an atmosphere, astronomers urge us not to give up hope for an Earth-like atmosphere on one of the other worlds in the system.

When an unidentified interstellar object several miles wide comes hurtling through our solar system at 37 miles a second, the ...

A groundbreaking study by ETH Zurich reveals that solid rock in Earth's D" layer, located deep within the mantle, can move ...

But the makings of a deal are already in place. Trump wants to keep both Israel and the Gulf states happy, and the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and others have made clear what they ...

Astronomers had hoped to observe an atmosphere on one of the seven planets known to orbit Trappist-1, a red dwarf star. A new ...

Roughly two-thirds of all emissions of atmospheric methane—a highly potent greenhouse gas that is warming planet Earth—come ...

Mars still holds the promise of being one of the first places in the solar system humanity will colonize. However, if there ...

Alice Leeds, of Bristol, taught in a variety of private and public schools and colleges for forty years. Presently retired, ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we compare the environmental impacts of EVs and gas-powered cars; see how ...