Earth is as old as the rest as the solar system, but it wasn't always as it is now, this is particularly true of the brief ...

Researchers have discovered chemical traces of life in rocks older than 3.3 billion years, offering a rare look at Earth’s ...

The planet’s long-standing natural “thermostat” is being outpaced by an feedback loop process involving algae, phosphorus, ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

A newly detected super-Earth just 20 light-years away is giving scientists one of the most promising chances yet to search ...

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so ...

A mong the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth.

For the past 60 years, Earth has had a secret companion in space—a quasi-moon that has been sharing our planet’s orbit around ...

Will the pole shift actually happen? Discover more about Earth’s magnetic poles and how they’ve shifted in the past.

Pumping groundwater appears to have a greater consequence than ever previously thought. But now—thanks to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters— we can see that, in less than ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, detected a massive explosion from a star outside our solar system, specifically a ...