The “Largest Piece of Mars on Earth” just sold at auction for about $5.3 million— $5,296,000, to be exact. Popular Science has reached out to Sotheby’s for confirmation of the sale price.

Earth’s Unusual Rapid Spin Could Prompt First-Ever ‘Negative Leap Second’ Since 2020, Earth has been rotating unusually fast on its axis, leading scientists to consider whether we should ...

Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than normal as the Earth's rotation is moving faster.

This summer has seen the shortest days in Earth’s recorded history Scientists break down the reasons why days are getting shorter—and the mystery they're still trying to solve about Earth's core.

Φsat-2, a miniature satellite, has completed its commissioning and has begun delivery of science data, using algorithms to efficiently process and compress Earth observation images, as well as ...

How hot can Earth get? Our planet’s climate history holds clues A tour through the planet’s past suggests the ways life will survive global warming — or not ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers.

Mount Thor, also known as Thor Peak, is a mountain in Nunavut, Canada with the largest vertical drop in the world — a terrifying escarpment with an average overhang of 15 degrees from vertical.

Maine has a vested interest in Earth and space science research | Opinion With '100-year' storms occurring far more regularly, we must seek to better understand nature’s phenomena.

A meteorite from Mars, the largest piece ever found on Earth, sold for $5.3 million to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday.

Earth has been spinning faster for the past few years — a trend that could lead the world’s timekeeping institutions to take unprecedented action.