The ancient crater’s discovery in the Pilbara suggests meteorite impacts may have kickstarted Earth's first continents, and ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

The amount of water stored on lands across Earth’s continents has declined at such staggering levels that changes are likely irreversible while humans are alive, a study published Thursday found.

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

The ice covering the newly discovered ecosystem belonged to the George VI Ice Shelf, a vast ice shelf "trapped" between the ...

The United States of Africa is the political uniting of all African and Afro Caribbean nations, along with Papua New Guinea, ...

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained ...

Discover the most populated countries in Asia, their demographics, and key insights into their growth and impact.

Learn how a pair of kinases could help plant scientists engineer crops resistant to infectious diseases and boost wheat's ...