It isn’t easy to figure out how the Earth was built, because it happened 4½ billion years ago, and no one was there to watch. So scientists have had to look at what the Earth looks like now and ...

Earth’s core is apparently a bit leakier than scientists expected. In a new study published in Nature, researchers describe evidence that traces of precious metals from Earth’s metallic core ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled ...

In the next few days, a big chunk of a Soviet-era spacecraft will come crashing back into Earth. Kosmos 482 was bound for Venus in 1972 when it failed to escape Earth’s orbit. Bits of it have ...

Oxygen is the pillar of life on Earth – an invisible element that governs every breath we take, every fire that burns, and every ecosystem that thrives. It sustains the delicate balance that ...

On May 9, a stadium-sized potentially hazardous asteroid will pass by Earth, and you can watch the flyby happen in real time courtesy of a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project.

NASA scientists, in collaboration with Toho University, predict Earth's habitability will end around the year 1,000,002,021. The Sun's increasing output will make the planet too hot for life.

Night Editor Donald Trump hinted at a “truly earth-shattering” announcement set to be made in the next few days ahead of the president’s visit to the Middle East. Trump, 78, teased the ...

As China imposed export controls on seven critical medium and heavy rare earth elements in early April, a buying frenzy has gripped the international rare earth market. Within a month, prices for ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European ...