Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

About 880 light-years from Earth, a hot mess of an exoplanet is slowly spilling its atmosphere into space, creating two ...

For roughly 2 billion years of Earth's early history, the atmosphere contained no oxygen, the essential ingredient required ...

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

IN an era when the boundaries of the earth had not yet been determined, one could change the direction of the world simply by being curious and passionate.

A Mars-size object called Theia smashed into Earth, and the debris coalesced into the moon. Now scientists believe they may have identified pieces of Theia at the bottom of Earth’s mantle. A new study ...

Scientists reveal one side of Earth’s interior cools faster. The Pacific Ocean hemisphere loses heat quicker, influencing ...

Slow orbital changes caused pulses in Earth's oxygen cycle 500 million years ago, which spurred explosions of animal life.

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS displays a rare sunward 'anti-tail', prompting detailed scientific scrutiny as astronomers ...

Fossil skulls reveal how extinct mammals smelled the world, with new research linking olfactory bulb size to gene counts.

The planet has been flipping between two main modes of carbon recovery depending on the state of coral reefs, new research ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...