The air conditioner hums, the refrigerator drones, the washing machine churns – a symphony of domestic necessity that's ...

Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...

Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short life of what was, for a single human lifetime, the solar system's ...

The solar system moved through a star-forming area near Orion. This event might have increased interstellar dust around Earth ...

This Thursday night, for the first time in nearly two-and-a-half years, our planet's faithful companion is going to get fancy ...

Millions of years ago, our Solar System traveled through a densely populated galactic region and was exposed to increased interstellar dust.

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

Photographer George Steinmetz ’79 returned to Stanford to unveil his new book, sharing images of global food production and bringing the realities of meat consumption home to students.

Earth, and when a Xenomorph is let loose on our planet, you'd best believe that all Hell breaks loose. You can check out the ...

Pluto was discovered at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1930 and was considered our ninth planet until 2006. The International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet ...