A new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History combines satellite observations and historical data ...

A recent study suggests that by the Neoproterozoic period, distinct lineages of amoebae, as well as the ancestors of plants, ...

Satellite history is littered with "firsts." Many early space launches constituted key moments in the Cold War space race and ...

Studying the Moon uncovers Earth's hidden history, offering a preserved record of events long erased from our planet.

University of Maryland researchers have found intriguing new evidence of ancient seafloor deep beneath the Earth's surface.

Sunil Amrith brilliantly portrays how our dominance over nature has been self-serving and destructive, a corrosive ...

From these indirect observations, scientists have calculated that the scorchingly hot inner core, with temperatures ...

Geologists discovered a mysterious subduction zone deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, reshaping our understanding of Earth’s ...

Our history of industrialisation and current consumer economy are using up the Earth's resources faster than they can be ...

Today marks the debut of a collaborative exhibit between NASA and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: the ...

Several disturbing records have been set this year. Ocean surface temperatures have soared are at an all time high, along ...

There are some people who can only dream of scaling the tallest peaks in the world. Maybe they get the chance to do a handful ...