Realising that our solar system isn’t like most others out there has helped astronomers rewrite the story of how it formed ...

Although sunlight is one of the cleanest forms of renewable energy available, clearing large swathes of desert habitat to ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

The total solar eclipse on Nov. 25, 2030, will mainly cross the Indian Ocean, but views will be possible from Australia, ...

Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that ...

At 4:56 a.m. EST (0956 GMT) on Feb. 17, the moon will begin to turn the sun into an impressive "ring of fire" during an ...

On a talus-strewn slope in eastern California’s mountains, a gnarled tree twists toward the sky. It is Methuselah, a Great ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new microscope that reveals, for the first time, how plants store a 'memory' of winter ...

An array of animals and plants survive winter in the subnivium, nature’s igloo. But climate change is threatening this hidden ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...