A strange white dwarf system is pulling a nearby planet apart, leaving scientists unsure how both objects are still orbiting together.

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic ...

The view of Earth from space is famously familiar—bright blue ocean, swirling gyres of white clouds, touches of terrestrial ...

The global die-off of coral reefs signals a critical shift in Earth’s climate system with global environmental consequences along with economic ones.

It’s just 1.3 degrees, right? When the planet warms by that amount, it may not seem like a big deal. But this rise in global ...

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, or “The Great Dying,” this cataclysm wiped out over 80% of marine ...