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 ...

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

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

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

Using data from the European Space Agency (ESA)'s Swarm mission, they mapped the movement of Earth's magnetic field lines ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bird Conservation in Colombia The tropical forests of Chocó, Colombia, are dense and alive. A place where mist often hangs in ...

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 ...

The Earth became almost completely covered in ice during the longest and most severe ice age in the planet's history Layers of rock can be thought of as pages of a history book – with each layer ...