Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites ...

Earth’s climate balance isn’t just governed by the slow weathering of silicate rocks, which capture carbon and stabilize temperature over eons. New research reveals that biological and oceanic ...

For three decades now, I have watched Earth warm—not through headlines or politics, but in my own data. Every year, the ...

Cosmic Rhapsody takes complex science – astrophysics, chemistry, the search for new worlds – and turns it into something ...

A 2019 satellite photo shows the recently resurrected "Marree Man" geoglyph, which mysteriously appeared in the Australian ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that high-pressure reactions between ...

Star Wars may have been the biggest sci-fi film out of the 1970s, but a surreal animated film from France might be the most ...

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...