Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and ...

A team of scientists is on an unconventional quest to detect dark matter by examining ancient rocks and minerals deep within ...

What if human history ended today?You are one of 7.6 billion people on this Earth. But what does that mean?How can those 10 ...

Stonehenge’s central stone, known as the Altar Stone, may have had Scottish and not Welsh origins, researchers say. The finding suggests that Late Neolithic ...

FOR a generation of scientists – and science fiction fans – Hollywood movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact have helped ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.

Early life on Earth may have gotten an unexpected kickstart thanks to a massive meteor that struck the planet.

Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons. The asteroid was found by a group called ATLAS, which stands for Asteroid ...

A recent satellite image captured the reemergence of a unique, UFO-like cloud, known as the "Taieri Pet," which appears above ...

Human-built megastructures could actually be slowing down Earth's rotation. Here's everything you need to know.

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school. By Matt Kaplan The world is split up into continents ...

Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The four-member SpaceX Crew-8 aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour returned to Earth early Friday, completing their ...