Earth is taking in more energy than it releases back to space—a growing "energy imbalance" that is fueling global warming. A ...

With modern seismic tomography, Earth scientists have discovered that above Earth's core-mantle boundary (CMB), about 2,900 ...

Scientists discovered Earth’s magnetic field is weakening over the Atlantic Ocean, but what does that mean for life on the ...

Earth's seasons look very different at locations not far from each other, 20 years' worth of satellite data reveals. Earth's seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the ...

The world’s biggest Earth science conference had a shocking backdrop this year, with the Trump administration announcing that ...

Today, oceans cover about 70% of Earth’s surface. This stark contrast has long driven scientific interest in how water ...

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our ...

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and ...