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How climate change is killing coral reef in the pristine Chagos Archipelago

Research shows marine heat waves are now about 20 times more likely than they were just four decades ago, and they tend to be hotter and last longer

Planet X or a mirage?

This theoretical planet could be taking between 10,000 and 20,000 Earth years for one full revolution around the Sun

Chinese capsule with first moon rocks in 4 decades begins return to Earth

The mission landed on the moon earlier this month and collected about 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of samples

Object temporarily orbiting Earth is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid: NASA

The object had garnered interest in the planetary science community due to its size and unusual orbit and was studied by observatories around the world, according to an official release

Some planets may have more suitable conditions for life than Earth: Study

Scientists have identified 24 planets outside our solar system that they say may have conditions more suitable for life than the Earth

Astronomers find potential sign of life high in Venus's atmosphere

Two telescopes in Hawaii and Chile spotted in the thick Venutian clouds the chemical signature of phosphine, a noxious gas that on Earth is only associated with life

Chandrayaan-1 images indicate possible impact of Earth's atmosphere on Moon

The latest finding indicates the presence of water at the Moon's poles and this is what the scientists are trying to decipher

Bringing Mars rocks to Earth: Our greatest interplanetary circus act

With fresh Mars rocks on Earth, more scientists will be able to examine them, employing a wide array of the most sophisticated equipment in laboratories around the world

Best places in India to see Sunday's 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse

It will be the first solar eclipse of this year takes place on the summer solstice, which is the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere

Why Mars Needs Leap Days, Too

Alien civilizations on other worlds would need much more awkward contortions to their calendars than we make here on Earth

Earth's inner core capped by snow made of iron particles, finds new study

The researchers, including those from the University of Texas at Austin in the US, studied this layer by recording and analysing signals from seismic waves as they passed through the Earth

Collision between asteroids sparked Earth's biodiversity, reveals study

The researchers reasoned that the space dust was enriched with helium when bombarded by the solar wind on its way to the Earth

World 'losing the race' to avert climate disaster, warns UN chief Guterres

Guterres said he was heartened by growing societal awareness, which meant that hope was not yet lost

New planet discovered in orbit of young Milky Way star Beta Pictoris

It is also relatively nearby, just over 63 light years, and surrounded by a disk of stellar dust

About 8.3 bn tonnes of plastic dumped by people choking Earth: Study

6.3 billion tonnes of the plastic had already become waste

Logically, how is it possible to use more resources than Earth can restore?

When our ecological footprint exceeds Earth's biocapacity, that's unsustainable resource use

Earth's mantle 60 degrees hotter than thought: Study

However, the result is significant as a hotter mantle would be more fluid

Don't get excited about reports of 'habitable planets'

Someday, we may discover proof that another Earth is out there. But that day has not yet arrived

These six utopian cities of future will help you re-imagine life on Earth

In the 19th century, British sealers and Maori warriors from New Zealand discovered the islands

Earth's warm October not record; 2016 likely record hot

From May 2015 to August 2016, Earth set monthly heat records for 16 straight months