It is the first time Earth's geological record has been used like this, looking so far back in time. This has enabled us to make an attempt at mapping the planet over the last 40% of its history ...

Earth’s geological evolution is aslow but constant process, with tectonic movements driving significant changes over millions of years. New studies are shedding light on what our planet might ...

With dazzlingly realistic animation based on the latest research, each of these five episodes in NOVA’s Ancient Earth documentary series brings to life long-lost worlds that ultimately led to ...

Earth's continents are set to merge into a single landmass over the next 250 million years, an animation shows. The animation was posted Tuesday to Reddit, where it quickly gained over 3,500 ...

Earth's tilt relative to the sun causes the seasons Earth is currently tilted 23.4 degrees relative to the plane where most objects in the solar system orbit the sun. That means that as our planet ...

About ten years ago, science writer Ferris Jabr started contemplating Earth as a living planet rather than a planet with life on it. It began when he learned that the Amazon rainforest doesn't ...

The interactive animation can be found online, and in it, you can see both the Starlink satellites that are orbiting Earth, as well as OneWeb satellites and GPS satellites.

(Image credit: VisualProduction via Shutterstock) Using information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the last 1.8 billion years.

Using information from inside the rocks on Earth's surface, we have reconstructed the plate tectonics of the planet over the last 1.8 billion years. It is the first time Earth's geological record ...