On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a ...

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

The new plot twist is that in order to keep enough nitrogen and phosphorus near its surface, a planet has to start out with ...

Unusual material discovered deep within the center of the Earth are the remains of an ancient planet that collided with Earth billions of years ago, scientists have found. The blobs of strange ...

Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of years. Using ancient magnetic records and advanced simulations, scientists ...

Our home planet is in a hurry. On June 29, 2022, Earth completed the shortest day since scientists started keeping records in the 1960s, pulling off a full rotation 1.59 milliseconds faster than usual ...

Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee Everything that has a beginning has an end. But the Earth will last for a very long time, and its end will come billions of ...