Discover the amazing true story of how the Girl Guides worked undercover as spies during the First World War, lose yourself ...

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

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

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

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

Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.

The second stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket captured an amazing view of Earth during the launch of the Intelsat 40e satellite. Credit: SpaceX | time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: Jupiter ...

A newly identified planet candidate, HD 137010 b, looks strikingly Earth-like in size and orbit — but it may be colder than Mars due to its dimmer star. If it has a thick enough atmosphere, though, ...

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

A key part of the USA Rare Earth buy-thesis just blew up. As Reuters reports today, the reason is basically this: "The Trump administration is stepping back from plans to guarantee a minimum price for ...

Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm Monday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and large parts of Europe. The storm broke a record that had stood for more than ...