Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

Scientists who just months ago ... past 20 years in the shape of the inner core. Signs of the core’s deformation appeared in waves from earthquakes that were strong enough to reach Earth ...

an asteroid initially projected to have a 2.7 percent chance of striking Earth in 2029. Further observations ruled out an impact. The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million years ago ...

If some part of humanity were to venture into space, it is not entirely inconceivable that this group would slowly evolve away from the population remaining on Earth. Dr John Hawks, an ...

For decades, scientists have sought reliable ways to reconstruct Earth’s ancient history, deciphering geological events that ...

How did Earth transform from a hostile, acidic ocean world to one that nurtured life? Scientists at Yale and in Singapore ...

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, ...

The odds of an asteroid crashing into Earth in 2032 keep changing, and not in a good way. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 1-in-45 chance of impacting our planet in seven years. The odds are not a huge ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.