Seventy percent of meteorites that hit Earth today can be traced back to only three families of asteroids a finding that overturns decades of hypotheses regarding the randomness of cosmic rubble and ...

New research links supernova events to sudden Earth cooling episodes and ozone depletion, revealed by carbon-14 spikes in ...

"When nearby supernovas occur in the future, the radiation could have a pretty dramatic effect on human society." ...

Explore the relics of failed settlements, doomed expeditions, and ancient Inuit history on Devon Island ... one of the northernmost craters on the planet. But even NASA’s best-equipped teams ...

This article explores ten extinct plant species, from the ancient Araucarioxylon arizonicum to the more recent Sophora ...

Research links supernovae to Earth’s climate shifts, revealing potential atmospheric impacts and adding a cosmic layer to ...

Earth harbors incredible secrets, from remnants of a planet that formed the Moon residing deep within, to ancient auroras ...

This week, see how gold is leaking from the planet’s core, watch sharks sharing a communal meal, unearth Egyptian tombs, and more.

April 22 is Earth Day, the annual salute to the planet and its environment. "On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans...took to streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest ...

Sediments from Pacific Highs preserve vital information on past ocean warming, extinctions, and circulation shifts.

Living in today's age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an eventual human mission to the red planet likely to ...