A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...

Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to ...

A ring of asteroid debris could have orbited Earth for tens of millions of years, and perhaps even have altered the planet's ...

Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

How did life on Earth begin? and Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Given the enormous interest in these questions, you ...

A new study from Monash University scientists suggests that Earth may have had a ring system that formed around 466 million ...

Pushing the planet beyond its safe limits erodes food, energy and water security and raises the risk of disease and conflict, ...

Science News // 2 days ago SpaceX launches European Galileo satellites to medium-Earth orbit Sept. 17 (UPI) -- SpaceX ...

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

Down To Earth Community Lab: Join your fellow space explorers to ask questions, share out-of-this-world ideas, and forge new ...

This is precisely what happened following the initial release of Battlefield Earth in 2000. A sci-fi passion project for its ...