It has been thought that plate tectonics were a significant factor in the shaping of our planet and the evolution of life.

Editor’s note: The Focus on Research column highlights different research projects and topics being explored at Penn State. The following originally appeared on The Conversation. Imagine you’re a ...

A new machine learning model has predicted that there are 44 Earth-like planets in other star systems in the Milky Way galaxy, with researchers from Switzerland claiming that the algorithm at the core ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. “It’s exciting to be reminded that the search for other ...

CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA ...

Sagnick Mukherjee will receive his Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics from UC Santa Cruz this spring. He is expected to begin his fellowship at Arizona State University in September 2025. (Photo by ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced a new, scaled structure for their Education and Research (E&R) ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Lorenzo Spina, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Italian ...

Is there life in Martian caves? It's a good question, but it's not the right question—yet. An international collaboration of scientists led by NAU researcher Jut Wynne has dozens of questions we need ...

Below is a summary assembled by the Research & Innovation Office (RIO). Please see the full solicitation for complete information about the funding opportunity. The Frontiers Planet Prize – three ...