Life on Earth is lucky: A rare chemical fluke may have made our planet habitable
A planet called WASP-193b has the same density as cotton candy. Despite being 50% larger than Jupiter, it's so fluffy that scientists can't figure out how it even exists.
There's a planet called TrES-2b that absorbs 99.9% of all light that hits it—making it darker than coal, darker than black acrylic paint, and the darkest object ever discovered in the known universe.
Earth orbit is getting crowded. Can this map of 1 million routes around our planet help prevent satellite collisions?
Scientists Found a Way to Track Water as It Moves Around the Planet
The amount of oxygen available during the formation of a planet can mean that many planets are chemically unsuitable for supporting life from the very beginning, even if they have water and appear habitable from the outside
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An invisible chemical rain is falling across the planet
The Planet Is Being Coated in a Chemical That Never Goes Away
Something Massive Deep Inside Earth Is Steering the Planet’s Magnetic Field
Space.com headlines crossword quiz for week of Jan. 26, 2026: Which planet may have a July meteor shower?
Strange Metal From Beyond Our Planet Spotted in Ancient Treasure Stash
Your Pet’s Flea Medicine Could Be Destroying the Planet
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Your pet's flea treatment could be destroying the planet - EurekAlert!
New Evidence That An Ancient Martian Ocean Covered Half The Planet
Scientists discover what’s linking floods and droughts across the planet
How Earth's orbit might help us find oil reserves within the planet
What looked like a planet was actually a massive space collision