Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing Earth’s climate.

Amid renewed calls from President Trump for Washington to take control of Greenland, recently US Vice President JD Vance ...

The earliest lifeforms, cyanobacteria, appeared around 4 billion years ago. These organisms, now known as algae, were among the first to engage in oxygenic photosynthesis.

Everyone knows the Earth has constantly evolved over the course of billions of years, and the natural landscapes we see today ...

A devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, with aftershocks causing structural damage as far as Bangkok.

In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the U.S. this weekend, but only a select few of the northernmost states are ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same mutation across fish species that have evolved on separate timelines — ...

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

O n the Faroe Islands, there is a space program different from all others. Its aim is not to leave Earth and head into space, ...

New research is reshaping how scientists understand the earliest days of Earth’s formation—suggesting that the deep interior ...

Saturday’s eclipse will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere in a region that includes both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Unlike a total eclipse, it affects the sun in a broad region and has less of a ...