New evidence from rocks, molecules and machine learning is forcing scientists to redraw the opening chapters of Earth’s story ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

The continents we live on today are moving, and over hundreds of millions of years they get pulled apart and smashed together again. Occasionally, this tectonic plate-fueled process brings most of the ...

The Smithsonian partners with NASA to present the Earth Information Center, a larger-than-life display that visualizes interconnected changes on the planet Jack Tamisiea The museum's newest exhibition ...

Researchers looked through historical documents dating back to the fourth century to find total solar eclipses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

For over 50 years, Earth Day has been celebrated across the country, and the globe, through the mobilization for environmental causes. While it may seem strange to think of a world without ecological ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Happy Earth Day! The very first Earth Day was celebrated 54 years ago, on April 22nd, 1970… but how did this holiday get started? In the years leading up to the inaugural ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.