Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of diamond, and another may rain molten iron. However, not all exoplanets are ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Maps of the world showing different time zones. The International Date Line is the vertical wriggly yellow line on the right. The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the Earth's ...

Scientists have discovered something rather peculiar when using earthquakes to study how the lower portion of Planet Earth's mantle under the Pacific Ocean is composed. Some structures seem to be ...

I was recently looking for a way to quickly check on multiple time zones on my iPhone, and I ended up buying Living Earth by Radiantlabs, a beautiful world clock and weather app that looks great on ...