A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of ...

Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Colorado that massive glaciers covered Earth down to the equator hundreds of ...

The Earth BioGenome Project seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi as they build an atlas of ...

While reading the article in the Globe, “As birthrates plummet globally ... Thomas Malthus warned that the human population on Earth was far outpacing the planet’s ability to support it.

How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

This year is on course to be the hottest on record, with an average global surface temperature more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. But there is some better news: the overall amount of ...

SpaceX recently shared a video taken from space that offers a stunning view of Earth as the company's satellites prepare to deploy in orbit following a recent rocket launch. The company ...

Insurance giant Globe Life, which provides life and health insurance policies to millions of Americans, says it is being extorted by a hacker that has stolen customers’ sensitive data.

People travel from around the world to see the fall foliage in Maine's Acadia National Park Credit: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images Earth is made up of a kaleidoscope of colors—from the ...

The Boston Globe Opinion section is a group of opinion writers, columnists, and editors that, completely independent of the Boston Globe newsroom, publishes individually authored columns and ...

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the ...