An international group of researchers is calling on the United Nations to include the protection of Earth's orbit in the U.N.'s sustainable development goals.

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's mantle. These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth's crust but appear in seemingly impossible places.

Researchers have unveiled new findings that reshape our understanding of the Moon's formation and Earth's early hydration. They discovered that the Moon likely originated from Earth's mantle, not from the collision with the protoplanet Theia as previously thought.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

A TikTok has melted hearts after a grieving cat owner discovered a surprise on Google Earth. In the video, a woman (@usiviews) shared how she stumbled upon a photo of her childhood cat captured on Google Earth—waiting in the driveway for her to come home from school.

Nitrospirota is an archaeal phylum that’s particularly common in the terrestrial subsurface. Some species of nitrospirota are capable of oxidizing ammonia, while others can reduce it to nitrite, which is used by phytoplankton and also defends against pathogens in the human stomach, mouth, and skin.

A tiny asteroid loitering in a near-Earth orbit for a few months last year may have an intriguing origin on our moon. Its characteristics led scientists to ask: is it a chip off the old lunar block, making a pass by Earth for a visit?

In the world’s coldest town—where even boiling water can freeze in seconds—around 900 residents find normalcy in a life defined by extreme temperatures. This is their story.

"Once again, the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880."

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get them back to Earth.

Crucial to all life on Earth, the 15th element of phosphorus remains a real puzzle for astronomers. Specialized space telescopes are needed to shed light on the issue.

The 47th president denounced the government he now leads as having been captured by ‘a radical and corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from our citizens’