Offering a foretaste of what's to come once it is fully commissioned, ESA's EarthCARE satellite has returned the first images ...

It is the first time that a rare aurora of this kind has been seen from the ground, and it came at a time when the gusts of ...

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has ...

Elon Musk had so much money that he could pretty much single-handedly solve world hunger with his $251 billion fortune.

A 77-square-mile seagrass meadow at the bottom of Shark Bay in Western Australia is both Earth's largest plant and largest ...

But while you indulge in long, balmy days at the beach or elsewhere in nature, you may be surprised to learn that our planet ...

Earth system models (ESMs) help us understand climate and environmental changes. With advances in computing power, ESMs can ...

Mysterious dark matter could slosh over our planet like a wave. If it does, it may produce telltale radio waves in Earth's ...

The Mojave Desert’s natural furnace is already officially the hottest place on Earth. Now it’s on track to get even hotter.

Because most things about Earth change so slowly, it's difficult to imagine them being any different in the past. But Earth's ...

Interferometry is the use of light waves, sound, etc., to identify changes in matter or motion. New research uses entangled ...