That same cloud gave rise to our entire solar system, including our star, the sun. Keep reading to learn more about Earth's different layers, its atmosphere, and what makes the "blue planet" unique.

Planets can be extremely hot when they are born, and new computational experiments show that such planets would have an atmosphere composed of a homogenous mixture of hydrogen and water. As the ...

So exactly how many solar system ... Live Science. "But that is not quite the complete answer." For example, there are currently thousands of human-made satellites in orbit around Earth that ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen ... Eiichi Tajika from the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of Tokyo. "It likely took some massive ...

The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet (140 ...

Experts have unveiled details of SIMP 0136, a floating planetary mass thought to be around 20 light-years away from the Earth ...

It is widely believed that Earth's atmosphere has been rich in oxygen ... Eiichi Tajika from the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of Tokyo. "It likely took some massive ...

So Sato and her team turned to the Ensemble Mars Atmosphere Reanalysis System (EMARS ... comparisons in atmospheric science. Mars' similarity to Earth in terms of rotational speed and axial ...

Modern weather radars detect meteorite falls, confirming shocking daytime flashes and guiding precise recoveries.

New research reveals that only the most intense Atlantic-sourced storms are responsible for filling a normally dry lake in ...