AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Earth is getting darker; the planet itself, when viewed from space, appears darker than it did in the past. The upper half actually appears to be getting darker than the bottom ...

Our magnetosphere plays the role of gatekeeper, repelling unwanted energy that's harmful to life on Earth, trapping most of it a safe distance from Earth's surface in twin doughnut-shaped zones called ...

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Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals the latest: a possible rocky planet slightly larger ...