Ever since the term “Snowball Earth” was first proposed in a 1992 paper, it has prompted substantial debate among scientists.

Bolivia’s Quebrada Honda Basin reveals ancient climate clues from 13 million years ago, offering insights for today’s climate challenges.

Where do shooting stars come from? It’s long been known that meteors are caused by meteorites striking Earth’s atmosphere, ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.

The existence of “Snowball Earth” is now widely accepted, but the idea ice coverage was universal is so extraordinary and ...

Pando is a giant aspen clone in central Utah that has been regrowing parts of itself for up to 80,000 years — but new threats ...

But what if that wasn't the only time in Earth's history that a space rock triggered an ancient apocalypse? In a new Netflix series, controversial author Graham Hancock claims that an ancient ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

Edwin McKee’s groundbreaking work on the Grand Canyon’s geology has been revisited by a modern team, revealing new insights ...

The company has not yet said whether any customer data was compromised in what it calls a "cybersecurity issue." ...

The research, identified a tunnel that connected the pyramids of Giza. The tunnel has been identified as an ancient Nile ...