Samples from a new site place the rocks at approximately 4.16 billion years old, in the earliest period of Earth's history.

There’s no geological artist quite like Earth’s plate tectonics. Thanks to this ongoing operation, we have mountains and oceans, terrifying earthquakes, incandescent volcanic eruptions, and ...

The space program was Operation Paperclip's largest contribution to the United States. However, there's more to spaceships than the rocket engines they use to escape the Earth's gravity.

Discover Earth’s breathtaking beauty in this ultra high-definition travel film, captured in 8K with Dolby Vision™ and paired with tranquil, ambient music. Wander through some of the planet’s ...

So it's not exactly a cosmic coincidence that "Mission to Mars" and "Red Planet," a pair of big-budget Tinseltown sci-fi projects centered around Earth's mysterious neighbor, were both launched ...

The virus often mutates by simply deleting small pieces of its genetic code. The mutations "disguise" the virus from antibodies. Soviet Spacecraft Kosmos 482 Crashes Into Earth: What To Know Pope ...

Catch Escape From Planet Earth at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater in the Brown Venue. The show runs at various times throughout the festival from May 17–25, 2025.

CarbonQuest wants to take a bite out of carbon emissions at its source — before the greenhouse gases escape into the environment and heat up an ever-warming planet. Launched in 2019, the Spokane ...

A rocket launching from a planet bigger than Earth would need to achieve a higher escape speed. For example, Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system.

A rocket launching from a planet bigger than Earth would need to achieve a higher escape speed. For example, Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system. It’s so big, it could swallow 1,000 ...

Escaping Earth But suppose the goal is to let the rocket escape from Earth’s gravity forever so it can fly off into the depths of space. That’s when scientists do a neat trick called staging.