Earth' planet named HD 20794 d, which could have conditions suitable for lifeThe planet has a mass six times greater than ...

However, many years ago, the Earth looked very different to how it does today. Around 250 million years ago, all of the continents were joined together as one supercontinent called Pangea.

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now.

The rock tour has officially been canceled. After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth safe from “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4. On Tuesday, the space ...

A spectacular new visualisation made by climate scientist Zeke Hausfather has revealed some alarming details about the rise ...

Researchers from Japan and Taiwan reveal for the first time that helium, usually considered chemically inert, can bond with iron under high pressures. They used a laser-heated diamond anvil cell to ...

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

A new study suggests glaciers carved metals out from the Earth’s surface 700 million years ago, leading to chemical reactions ...