Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic field.

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging ...

The quest to resurrect the woolly mammoth on Earth has taken another, well, small step with the creation of the Colossal ...

Its last launch on Jan. 16 failed right after liftoff when the upper stage of SpaceX's uncrewed Starship rocket exploded ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators, ...

A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that ...

NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft lander is designed for flight on Saturn's moon Titan. See a "half-scale Dragonfly lander model" ...

Astronomers have discovered nearly 6,000 planets beyond our own solar system. Here's how — and how we'll find even more.

International scientists reveal that magma transports gold from the mantle to the surface by means of a sulfur complex.

A cutting-edge artificial intelligence system promises to help protect elephants in Malaysia from illegal hunting.

Scientists and policymakers have voiced concern over the layoffs at the US climate agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...