Japan's Maruyama Shigenori, one of the world's leading geophysicists, is working on a global formula for a new field of study that would include dozens of disciplines collaborating to produce an overall picture of the Earth. As he connects the...

In the wake of claims that there may be life on one of its moons, John Crace offers a primer on our sixth planet

"A bonanza of new planets has been found at the heart of our galaxy, NASA astronomers according to the NASA astronomers in the region known as the Galactic.

Scientists have managed to observe a super-sized supernova explosion from start to finish, including the black hole ending.

The Totem Pole is one of the most spectacular pieces of rock on the planet. It is a free-standing dolerite pillar spearing straight out of the water in a gloomy chasm infested with sharks and subject to volatile swell patterns. It is over sixty metres tall, but only about four metres wide at the base

A US space agency (Nasa) probe has witnessed a moon of Saturn do something very unusual and Earth-like.

Scientists have established, that at early stages of the existence the Solar system has been populated with planets-dwarfs, informs Science NOW.

Two rocky planets have collided, destroying each other in the process and leaving a massive ring of dust surrounding a star almost 300 light years from our sun.