When you learned about the center of the Earth in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer cake—but in fact, that diagram is wildly inaccurate! Join Stefan Chin for a ...

Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

In recent weeks, a rumor claiming that Earth would “lose gravity ” for 7 seconds on August 12, 2026, has whipped up an online ...

New research suggests that Earth’s solid inner core might not be as rigid as once believed. Instead, it could exist in an ...

A recent study by geophysicists at Washington State University offers insight into how nutrients may reach the subsurface ...

Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...

In the bigger picture, “down” could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.