Until recently, a gap existed in the world map of amber discoveries: the Antarctic continent. But that gap has finally been ...

Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...

A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of ...

Ever since the ancient Greeks first made observations of the circular Moon and the skies, scientists have known that the ...

The evidence found by the rover includes traces of beaches that may have been adjacent to water, as well as geological ...

How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...

Humans pollute over 10 million tons of plastic trash into oceans every year. It's estimated that by 2030 that figure could ...

If this is really an impact structure, it would be Venus' oldest and largest, giving us a rare glimpse into Venus' past and ...

The Parker Solar Probe is gearing up for a final swing past Venus on November 6, which will nudge it into an extremely tight ...