Beneath the African continent, powerful plumes of molten rock are slowly reshaping the land from below. Scientists studying ...

Can a movement many feet below our feet quietly change the Earth’s rotation? Over 3,000 miles below the ground, the Earth’s ...

From causing muscle loss to raising the risk of blood clots, long-haul space missions can have a profound impact on the human ...

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

Researchers in Germany have developed a ring laser that tracks Earth's axis movements without telescopes or satellites.

A rhythmic mantle plume, like a "geological heartbeat," was discovered beneath Ethiopia at the Afar Depression, ripping the ...

Archaeologists explore the Antikythera shipwreck. The Antikythera Mechanism is now split into 82 fragments, only 30% has been ...

Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been well-aware of the moon, but it turns out Earth also has some frequent temporary ...

From plagiarism to planetary corrections, we take a look at Copernicus and the introduction of heliocentricity.

Recently, Earth’s rotation has been speeding up, shortening days by milliseconds. While this change is minor, scientists are ...

Impact history should be considered a key factor in the search for habitable Earth-like exoplanets. Southwest Research ...

As atmospheric observations of exoplanets become increasingly precise, it is more important than ever to correctly account ...