Thomas Mulligan explains why even the most advanced telescopes cannot see present-day Earth from space. Newsom Signals Major Increase in Electricity Costs ...

In just 8 minutes, we take you on a breathtaking journey through the history of our world, from the moment of the Big Bang to the present day. Earth’s evolution spans billions of years, marked ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

Chemical reactions on the early Earth may have formed its ocean Conditions that favor water may be common in the formation of rocky planets.

On the old, still hot Earth, thin layers peeled off from the Earth's crust whereas on the present-day Earth, chunks of the continental crust break off in the collision zones, i.e. in places where ...

Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.

It's no simple task to determine precisely how old Earth is. Instead, it requires delving back through time by examining ancient rocks.

The length of Earth's day is only 24 hours, rather than over 60 hours, thanks to a temporary balance between the gravitational tidal forces from the moon and the sun. When the moon formed about 4. ...

Earth-like worlds with similar land-to-ocean ratios to our planet's may be exceedingly rare. Instead, our search for habitable worlds should focus on land-dominated 'pale yellow dots.' ...

If the initial amount of methane was equivalent to that of the amount of carbon found on the present-day Earth's surface, organic layers several hundred meters thick could have formed.