What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

Explore the return of sunlight after years of global dimming. Discover how air pollution reduction is affecting sunlight ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered siderite in Gale Crater. This shows Mars had a partial carbon cycle, storing and releasing ...

Maybe it was a nuclear war, devastating climate change, or a killer virus. But if something caused people to disappear, ...

Imagery of fractured terrain on Venus, Mars, and Jupiter’s moon Europa pinpoints environments influenced by water.

Earth Day 2025 reminds us: pollution, climate change, and ecosystem loss endanger health and biodiversity. Let’s act now for ...

Imagine standing in a forest, feeling the pulse of life beneath your feet, or gazing at the night sky, knowing that each star ...

A rare anglerfish, usually found thousands of feet deep, has been discovered near the ocean surface, leaving scientists ...

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

A bold geochemical model reveals that TOI‑270 d, a sub‑Neptune 73 light‑years away, is likely a giant rocky world cloaked in ...