The cataclysmic events that forged Earth and its moon; the dedicated individuals striving to avert global disaster; forceful, distant collisions echoing through the vastness of space.

Comparing Earth’s climate to those of other worlds reveals vulnerabilities, highlighting the potential for devastating cosmic events—space weather—to disrupt life as we know it.

The question of whether we are alone has echoed through human thought for centuries, once considered beyond the realm of serious scientific inquiry. That changed with the discovery of planets orbiting stars other than our own, a breakthroug…

The connection between our ancestors and the heavens fueled some of humanity’s earliest breakthroughs and most remarkable creations. The ancient Greeks determined that the Earth was a sphere; Polynesian navigators charted immense oceans in …

Over seventy percent of Earth is veiled in water, yet we’ve explored less than five percent of it. Our journeys through the solar system have extended even further. Now, equipped with some of technology's most recent innovations, we accompa…

Here on Earth, earthquakes and volcanoes represent an unpredictable and devastating danger, yet similar forces operate far beyond our world. What understanding can be gleaned from these cosmic occurrences that might allow us to anticipate w…