Here's a look at some of the best recent photos astronauts on the International Space Station have taken of Earth from about ...
We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of ...
Despite what photos suggest, Earth is not perfectly round. Our home planet is actually a lumpy “oblate spheroid” that bulges ...
Through this photograph, Pettit showed how a fisheye lens can create an unusual view of Earth's auroras.
Most scientists think that Earth and Mars took shape this way from rocky pieces swirling around the young sun around 4.5 ...
A battle of forces, driven by the motion of Earth’s core, can explain small variations in the planet’s rotation, study finds.
Antarctic outpost lets you tread on rocks from Earth’s mantle while millions of penguins and elephant seals crowd its ...
The microbialite record can tell us a great deal about life on Earth. It gives us clues about where some of the earliest life ...
El Niño is best known for reshaping rainfall, heat and storms. It also nudges something far more basic, the speed at which ...
According to the IUCN Red List analysis, marine heat waves currently pose the biggest threat to coral reefs. As the ocean ...
Scientists believe there are planets outside our solar system where life is even more abundant and sustainable.