Scientists recently made a surprising discovery: a mysterious form of oxygen, which they’re calling "dark" oxygen, found right here on Earth. Unlike the oxygen we breathe, this type doesn't behave the ...

The team found that, by including a softer layer at the base of the moon's mantle, it was easier to reproduce the observed ...

Researchers found evidence from astroid craters that Earth may have had a ring, like Saturn, formed 466 million years ago.

A rocky exoplanet located 4,000 light years away provides a possible preview of the Sun and Earth's fate 8 billion of years ...

An odd phenomenon called lithospheric dripping might occur wherever mountains form. Earth's crust may "drip" into its middle ...

Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds.

Planes flying at high altitude or close to the Earth’s magnetic poles also experience disruptions in the communications ...

Eventually, the outer layers of the red giant will be blown away to leave behind a dense white dwarf no larger than a planet, but with the mass of a star. If Earth has survived by then ...

Eventually, the outer layers of the red giant will be blown away to leave behind a dense white dwarf no larger than a planet, but with the mass of a star. If Earth has survived by then ...

Eventually, the outer layers of the red giant will be blown away to leave behind a dense white dwarf no larger than a planet, but with the mass of a star. If Earth has survived by then ...

A vast, ancient slab of seafloor plunged beneath the Pacific Ocean and has hovered in Earth’s mantle for more than 120 ...

In a new study, researchers are suggesting something radical: that the Red Planet may be hosting life under its icy exterior.