The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

A new SwRI-led paper highlights the scientific progress made in understanding the evolution of terrestrial planets, including the effects of late large impacts on pre-existing modes of tectonics. For ...

Fans of David Attenborough are accustomed to viewing the famed English broadcaster’s nature documentaries in two dimensions—often, on the television screens in their living rooms. Now, they have a ...

(Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated how far Pluto is from the sun. The correct number is 3.7 billion miles.) What was discovered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and killed off in Prague? If ...

For over 50 years, Cornell has made astronomical contributions in the ongoing efforts to explore and understand the mysterious inner workings of Earth’s rust-colored neighbor, Mars. In honor of these ...