Instead of sending tourists to space, scientists have found a more practical use for the final frontier: growing better ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.

From the deepest ocean trench to the tallest mountain, plate tectonics explains the features and movement of Earth's surface in the present and the past. The theory of plate tectonics was ...

A diagram shows its orbit around Earth, the sun and several other planets nearer the sun in the Solar System. NASA tracks close approaches and calculates the odds of those space rocks ...

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new ...

It’s believed that mantle plumes remain in the same place as Earth's plates move over them, producing new volcanoes each time ...

A new study, led by planetary scientists at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, revealed that methane gas may also be trapped ...

"The Earth's curvature explains this phenomenon, as described in the diagram accompanying the photograph. The Earth's curvature is also visible laterally in the photograph, although the effect is ...

A diagram shows its orbit around Earth, the sun and several other planets nearer the sun in the Solar System. NASA tracks ...

How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.

For the fourth year running, Pitchfork Music Festival returned to London. This year’s edition saw a staggering 87 acts across ...