Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

In 1621, the Dutch East India Company—the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, or V.O.C.—arrived at the Banda Islands with a formidable navy. The global spice market was fiercely competitive ...

What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an ...