Imagine a world where all the continents are merged into one giant landmass, surrounded by a vast ocean. A world where the ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth sheds new light on the formation of the East ...

Astronomers are moving ahead in planning NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, a telescope designed to answer the ultimate ...

As giant slabs of Earth's crust collide in ultraslow motion, they create mountains, trigger earthquakes and forge new rocks. No one knows how or when this fundamental process, called plate ...

Dec. 7, 2023 — Paleontologists are getting a glimpse at life over a billion years in the past based on chemical traces in ancient rocks and the genetics of living animals. New research combines ...

In the distant future, Earth's dipole will weaken. Its geodynamo will fade away, much like Mars' has. The planet will be less able to resist the sun's output, and habitability will cease to be.

Countries at a U.N. climate conference are hoping to agree on new ways to keep the planet from catastrophic heating by the ...

In simple terms, 24 hours marks a full day on Earth, or 1,440 minutes — or, if you really want to break it down, 86,000 seconds. It turns out, however, that the 24-hour mark is not completely ...

Two scientists share background and information about volcanoes, a natural phenomenon of the Earth, as the government of ...

Consider that 3 degrees Fahrenheit is the difference between a raging fever and a healthy toddler. Between a hockey rink and ...

It’s easy to feel discouraged as we face the enormity of climate change and the mounting extinctions of plant and animal ...

A young boy is forced to sit at a dinner table with grown-ups talking endlessly about grown-up stuff. He's bored. He finds it hard at first, to push with his feet against the table frame, tip his ...