The sun may rise every morning, but the amount of sunlight reaching Earth's surface can substantially vary over decades, ...

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 ...

If that ice melted, scientists say, it could flood the entire surface of Mars in water nearly nine feet deep. That’s more water than Earth’s Red Sea holds ... The size of a sea, hidden in plain sight ...

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