Earth has undergone incredible transformations over its 4.5 billion-year history,but what will it look like 1 billion years from now? By this time, the Sun will have grown significantly brighter, ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.

Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

The Soviet spacecraft Kosmos-482 was launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus. But due to a rocket malfunction, it's been hurtling back towards Earth in an elliptical orbit for the past 53 years.

Even if we stop adding harmful gases to the air, the effects of global warming will last a long time. Scientists think that ...

While it's unlikely the deep-buried treasure chest will ever be cracked open, scientists call the discovery significant.

Earth is approaching a critical moment in the future habitability of the planet. Credit: NASA images by Reto Stöckli, based on data from NASA and NOAA ...

And, perhaps by considering Earth after us, we can get a realistic understanding of all the ways we’ve shaped and changed the planet, says Alan Weisman, an environmental journalist and author of ...

It cracked open in December of 2023, commencing a series of eruptions that still continues. At the start of 2024, burning lava poured across a bright, snow-covered landscape, making for a dramatic ...