Researchers have identified 12 ancestral plant species from an early Eocene fossil assemblage in Tasmania that once formed part of a giant, circumpolar forest.
Between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25 2024, an asteroid from the Near-Earth object (NEO) population will be briefly pulled into orbit ...
The Earth is getting a second 'mini-moon' later this month, but it'll only last from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, researchers say.
Forget Mount Everest. During the afternoon of Sept. 10, the closest you could get to space from Earth was in Ethete.
A new study co-led by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's ...
Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.
A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...
Our newest contest category delivered a bounty of beautiful—and birdy—scenes for the judges to choose from. Here are some of ...
Just a month after its launch, ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite has already delivered its first images, notably capturing Storm ...
A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth’s ...
An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...
Astronauts perform so many out-of-this-world experiments on the International Space Station (ISS). They use a specially-built ...