The nether world, the underground, has been a space of curiosity, myth and imagination, whether cast as Hell or as a site of ...

Hurricane Helene sent gravity waves rippling through the atmosphere far above the southeastern United States, new NASA images reveal.

Researchers predict that Earth will wreak havoc on asteroid Apophis during their close encounter in 2029. First, the immense pull may cause tremors strong enough to dislodge rocks and dust, with some ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Since soon after our planet formed, Earth's 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something ...

New research suggests that about 3.6 billion years ago, Mars featured vast water flows and a lake rivaling the size of the ...

Thanks to a new study proves that Earth's inner core since 2010 has been rotating more slowly than usual. This intriguing ...

When giant ice sheets that once covered the tropics melted, they produced what paleoclimatologists call a “plumeworld ocean”, ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

Earth was a frozen wasteland. Then, rising CO2 caused a catastrophic thaw, turning Earth into a "slushy" planet.

Celebrating 60 years of TNO’s pioneering space innovations, shaping the future of space exploration and global communication.

The atmosphere of Earth is a layer of gasses retained by gravity that surrounds our planet. Most of the total mass of the atmosphere is in the lower 6 miles. By volume, the Earth’s atmosphere is about ...