The Arecibo message contained an image of a man only. But what might seem a sexist choice deserves a more subtle ...

The sun may have swirling polar vortices similar to those on Earth, but powered by a very different source ... according to ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

"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 ...

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 ...