Lindsay Nikole takes us on a bold, hilarious, and chaotic journey through the history of our planet, packed with bizarre ...

Much like the murky waters of the deep ocean, the unpredictable fluidity of Earth’s atmosphere can distort any light that ...

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level ...

Solar system is a collection of various celestial bodies that are held together by the gravitational pull of the sun. Our ...

The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic ...

High above the Sun’s blazing equator lie its mysterious poles, the birthplace of fast solar winds and the heart of its magnetic heartbeat. For decades, scientists have struggled to see these regions, ...

Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

Some carbon credit projects may trap heat instead of cooling the planet. A new study highlights the missing role of sunlight ...

As Quirks & Quarks celebrates its 50th anniversary, Bob McDonald looks back at a half century of science and peers forward to the next 50 years.

One of the most notable properties of the giant planets in our solar system—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune—are the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.