Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

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Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.

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

Cataclysmic cosmic collisions may have benefited the evolution of primitive organisms early in Earth's history, a study says.

Their findings were published in Earth-Science Reviews. The Eocene-Oligocene transition marked a significant climate change from a warm "hothouse" state to a cooler "icehouse" period, with the ...

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Operating at altitudes above 99% of the Earth's atmosphere, NASA's ER-2 aircraft is the agency's highest-flying airborne ...

Atmospheric science is the study of the dynamics and chemistry of the layers of gas that surround the Earth, other planets and moons. This encompasses the interactions between various parts of the ...

NOAA attributed the improvement to declines in ozone-depleting chemicals. Scientists said the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066.

Research on Titan has uncovered a significant layer of methane clathrate ice that explains its shallow craters and warm interior. This discovery offers new insights into Titan's methane-rich ...