These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...

Earth’s magnetic field works a bit like a dynamo. It is generated by the movement of molten iron and nickel in the outer core ...

The first false-color image from ESA's newly operational Biomass satellite shows off a unique perspective of the rainforests, ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

Before Earth, there was “proto Earth,” a primitive hunk of rock that formed four and a half billion years ago. It was drastically different to the Earth we know today, heaving with lava and rock all ...

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

Alexander Venner picked his way by hand through the data collected by a now-retired NASA telescope called Kepler, which ...

“This is the first planet candidate with Earth-like radius and orbital properties transiting a Sun-like star bright enough ...

Spotting Earth-like planets is nearly impossible with conventional telescopes, but researchers propose a bold fix: a rectangular design that can separate a planet’s faint glow from its blinding star.

Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns. Earth has been pushed past multiple physical and chemical boundaries crucial for keeping the world a ...