From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, ...

NASA's AVATAR study will send Emulate organ chips containing human cells on the Artemis II mission to study how deep space affects health.

Earth has never stood still. Over its 4.5 billion years of history, our planet has been reshaped by different cataclysms and climate shifts. The atmosphere went through several changes, oceans froze ...

Incredible as it may seem, NASA is developing avatars that will help ensure that our astronauts do not perish on the surface of a planet far from Earth.

New ways to measure thawing permafrost could help us understand its potential impacts on infrastructure, military outposts, and communities.

Earth's invisible magnetic field acts as a vital shield, protecting life from dangerous cosmic radiation and solar particles. Generated deep within th ...

"I didn't really know how to imagine how it would move," Cameron Brown says, recalling the moment he first saw Alien: Earth 's " eyeball alien " crawl across the screen in Noah Hawley's new FX series.

The Nature Conservancy Chief Scientist Katharine Hayhoe sits down for an exclusive interview with Newsweek during New York City Climate Week 2025.

Every year, more than a billion people come together to celebrate Earth Day, but do you know how it all began? From first conception to a global green movement, we explain how Earth Day became the ...

NASA's CHAPEA mission will see four volunteers living in a simulated Mars base, and leading them is an Air Force pilot, who was chosen for his unique skillset.

Scientists point to Hurricane Helene as an example of how human-caused climate change is behind extreme weather events and of how severe storms no longer primarily impact coastal communities. They are ...

OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégé . Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today. Sign up for ...