NASA is tracking asteroid 2026 FV6, a 91-foot airplane-sized space rock set to make a safe close approach to Earth on April ...

Exactly when and how plate tectonics started, however, is a matter of debate. Now, in a study published March 19 in the ...

Ice cores, tree rings, and satellite data converge on a striking truth: Earth’s rapid changes today are unlike anything seen in human history. When most people hear the term Earth science, they think ...

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet’s earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow “Goldilocks zone” for two life-essential elements, ...

Artemis II’s journey around the moon, scheduled to conclude on Friday, has delivered stunning new images of our home world ...

Our breakdown of 7 hidden science lessons in the stunning photo taken by an astronaut on the Artemis II mission.

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New name reflects more than a century of evolution and a commitment to understanding the whole planet Beginning in August 2026, the University of Colorado Boulder's Department of Geological Sciences ...

The moon's orientation changes quite dramatically across time and between places, largely due to differences in perspective.