Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

Little Friends We've heard of underground parties — but this is ridiculous. A recently released study authored by microbial ...

It may seem like Earth isn't as well-decorated as its ring-bearing neighbors in the solar system, but new research suggests ...

Earth ejecta, for instance, could hold Earth life.

The origins of life on Earth have long fascinated scientists, particularly the nature of the last universal common ancestor ...

New research reveals ancient ripples on Mars, providing compelling evidence of long-lost lakes that once existed 3.7 billion ...

Mars will be making its closest approach to Earth in two years, and thus, the mighty red planet, named for the god of war ...

Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...

A collection of Martian rocks could reveal details about potential past life on the Red Planet – but first NASA has to get ...