Geologists in Australia have uncovered a chilling discovery about Earth's ancient past, shedding light on a mystery that ...

Astronomers are reveling in the James Webb Space Telescope’s discoveries about the formative epoch of cosmic history.

A team of Earth scientists led by the Center for Marine Environmental Studies has identified the 1950s as the most likely ...

Planet AF Lep b is a world of firsts. In 2023, it was the lowest-mass planet outside our solar system to be directly observed ...

Geologists divide time into epochs or series, with subdivisions, according to major variations in rock sequences. They may be ...

Although Antarctica doesn’t have good soil, these mossy pioneer plants could create richer habitats that could be ripe for ...

Rockström is a research professor in earth system science at University Potsdam, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and co-founder of the Planetary Guardians.

Scientists have uncovered one of the earliest examples of a winged seed, shedding light on the origins of wind dispersal ...

The latest study proposes three candidates for the start of the Anthropocene, but argues that the 1950s was the most likely ...

On Sunday, Sept. 29, Earth captured a new "minimoon" called 2024 PT5. The bus-size asteroid is expected to orbit our planet for 57 days, but is too small to be visible to amateur skywatchers.

When did human activities begin to fundamentally change the Earth system? We investigated stratigraphic records worldwide ...

These important 17 elements often come from China and other countries. But feds are looking to create a domestic industry ...