It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim ...

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ...

Pannotia occupies an awkward position in Earth science. It is described in textbooks and review papers, yet its outline ...

The very latest developments in the world of Earth science with Roland Pease, recorded at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in New Orleans, where thousands of Earth, atmospheric, glacial, ...

As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth's third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply ...

But in all likelihood, the Earth will not see this time, having been engulfed by the Sun in its red giant phase, around 7.6 billion years from now. In short, the Earth will not stop spinning, at least ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a ...

Earth scientist Andrea Donnellan studies the surface of the Earth from the sky to better understand earthquakes, including ...

For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research ...

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