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, there are ...

On Friday, the NFL played its first game in South America when the Philadelphia Eagles drafted the Green Bay Packers 34-29. Now, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has revealed two other continents that ...

Monday is your last shot of witnessing a total solar eclipse in North America for 20 years. Fortunately, the path of totality in the U.S. crosses from the bottom of Texas all the way to the tip of ...

Stargazers enjoyed a 'Blood Moon' Sunday night during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia and swathes of Europe and ...

The formation of the Earth’s continents occurred during a fiery afterbirth known as the Archean Eon, which stretched from 4 billion to 2.5 billion years ago. It was in this bubbling cauldron of ...

All over the world, fresh water is disappearing, and a new analysis reveals that much of it is entering the ocean, with drying continents now contributing more to the alarming rise in global sea ...

The world is made up of continents and countries. A continent is an immense landmass. There are seven continents in total. These include Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, ...

Across the planet, water makes up 71% of Earth’s surface. The remaining space is covered by land — continents and islands. Before Earth’s land formed the seven continents in the present day, all the ...

New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA's twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an "unprecedented" level of water loss among the planet's continents, creating ...

New research has provided the strongest evidence yet that Earth's continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts that were particularly prevalent during the first billion years or so of our ...