Earth's climate has swung between ice ages and warmer periods for millions of years, driven by subtle changes in our planet's orbit and axial tilt. These variations, known as Milankovitch cycles, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Our Earth as we know it had a “proto-Earth” phase that didn’t survive long before it was pummeled by an asteroid. Researchers who compared levels of ...

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns. Earth has been pushed past multiple physical and chemical boundaries crucial for keeping the world a ...

Researchers in England believe carbon played a key role in freezing Earth’s core. As it contributes to the cooling and freezing of the molten outer core, the solid, iron-rich center of Earth continues ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Most summer days, you hear us talk about “humidity” when describing how the air feels. While many people are familiar with the term relative humidity — the percentage of water vapor in ...

A Vega C rocket lifts off July 25 carrying the CO3D and MicroCarb missions. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG – P. Piron WASHINGTON — A Vega C rocket successfully launched five imaging ...

Corn fields have been known to contribute to the heat index. Montclair State University professor Gregory Pope on how 'corn sweat' affects humidity. 18,685 people played the daily Crossword recently.

July 22 (UPI) --Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than the average day as the Earth's rotation is moving faster. The international Earth Rotation and Reference ...

If NASA must pull back, Europe is ready to step up — and do so with open arms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As climate ...