Latest articles by Yasemin Saplakoglu
It's headed for the moon.
Earth’s magnetic field nearly collapsed about 565 million years ago, but the planet’s core froze solid and saved it in the nick of time, a new study suggests.
A collision with a Mars-like planet could have given Earth the ingredients it needed for life to form.
The search for the universe's hidden particles continues
Ocean temperatures reached their highest point since accurate measurements first began in the 1950s.
Billions of years ago, molecules on a lifeless and tumultuous Earth mixed, forming the first life-forms.
It's measuring the highs and lows of our planet.
Here's what those wriggling worms are expected to do in space ... and it's not to scare aliens.
One of Hawking's earliest surviving wheelchairs and his groundbreaking doctoral thesis are up for auction in London.
The universe might be tricking us with its optical illusions.
Stephen Hawking's final paper provides a possible way to measure how black holes store information
Dark energy may be decreasing, which puts a crimp in the notion that the universe will expand forever.
"The stakes are very high"
The world's largest atom smasher has identified two totally new particles.
Hurricane Florence caused huge problems with pollution and runoff in rivers, which these stark NASA images reveal.
This is how something can be both "before" and "after" something else.
The signal extends over a huge swath of space, an area that's 2.5 times bigger than the orbit of Pluto.
A journey from zero to numbers so large, they don’t have a name.
Gamma ray bursts may contain "time-reversed" structures.
It's frightening how easy it would be to turn Earth into a steaming hothouse, experts say.
The longest total lunar eclipse of the century is coming up in a couple weeks. We know it's coming, but did ancient people?
