Over the past week we've witnessed the many political discussions that go with the territory of a COP—or, more verbosely, the ...

Deep inside Earth, far below the crust and oceans, lie vast hidden regions that many geophysicists suspect could have shaped ...

This year marks the 55th anniversary of Earth Day! Every year on April 22, people worldwide mobilize to address some of the most urgent threats facing our environment, from climate change to ...

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 ...

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

For the entire duration of human existence, we have been trying to make sense of the planet we have been living on, called Earth. Humans have come quite far in understanding the small blue planet we ...

JACKIE. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT’S A REALLY NICE DAY OUT HERE. OF COURSE, WE’VE GOT THE SUN SHINING ON THIS EARTH DAY. A LITTLE BREEZY, SO MY HAIR HAS BEEN KIND OF GOING HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE. A ...

Although most people start exploring Google Earth by searching for a famous landmark or their home address, many surveyors realize the extensive online database is a valuable tool for visualizing the ...

Scientists found 3.3 billion-year-old biosignatures in ancient meteorites and fossils—a billion years older than we thought ...

Since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated around the world, raising awareness of the environment and the need to conserve and protect natural resources. But how did it start and how can you get ...

Greenland is one of the nations being explored for rare earth deposits. Small pieces of ice float in the water in the country’s Nuuk Fjord. During the 1940s the Manhattan Project adapted the methods ...