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.

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

Earth’s current ice-covered state is an anomaly, relying on rare geological conditions, and scientists caution that excessive ...

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 Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a collision is not likely.

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

It was always going to be hot in 2023. Climate change forced by greenhouse gases means that all years can now be expected to ...

“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...

Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the ...

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