The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late 1700s through 1849 compared with 1850-1900 — the latter being what scientists have defined as the “preindustrial” baseline period used to assess the planet’s temperature change.

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James Webb observations hint at methane,

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

University of California, Irvine Generally, scientists agree that the chances of our planet being the only one in the universe that hosts life is highly improbable. And yet, up to this point, despite their best efforts,

Scientists found an intriguing world in our galaxy. They confirmed the existence of a rocky planet, called a "super-Earth," that's some six times as massive as Earth. While the world HD 20794 d is larger than our planetary home, it's relatively low-mass ...

Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the journal Science Advances. It suggests that when our solar system formed, a nearby supernova (the massive explosion of a star near the end of its life) bathed it in cosmic rays containing the radioactive ingredients to make rocky,

Webb Telescope detects an atmosphere on TOI-561 b, a scorching rocky planet once thought too small and hot to hold onto its gases.

How did Earth keep its water during a time when the entire planet was a molten inferno? :globe_showing_Europe-Africa::fire: A groundbreaking 2025 study reveals that water may have been locked away deep inside Earth’s mantle—hidden in a powerful mineral called bridgmanite.

What happens at the end of our world? Scientists have found an Earth-like planet orbiting a star 4,000 light years away from the solar system that may reveal our planet’s ultimate fate. The rocky planet of similar mass to Earth orbits a white dwarf star ...

Ah, Earth. We may not think about our planet on a day-to-day basis, but the world we live in is a pretty interesting place. The third rock from the Sun—and to this day, the only one with known intelligent life—there are plenty of fun Earth facts that ...