Earth

These are the oldest microbes ever discovered.

If the Sun becomes a red giant, the future of humanity is sealed—or so the experts believed.

The mini-Moon, known officially as asteroid 2024 PT5, will orbit the Earth between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25.

60 years ago, scientists proposed a hypothesis about the existence of a weak energy field surrounding our planet.

There are various ways through which a country’s land area can increase. Since the end of 2023, U.S. authorities have been using one of them as evidence to support its claim.

A chance encounter in the brackish waters of Mono Lake could have numerous implications for science and even modern medicine.

This isn’t the first study to show that our planet is slowing down, but it’s the first to measure the extent of the slowdown consistently.

Researchers found environmental conditions for animal life 2.1 billion years ago.

The day isn’t precisely 24 hours to the millisecond, not even close.

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick took the photograph while flying over the coast of South Africa.

Until now, scientists thought they were the effect of solar storms or violent volcanic eruptions.

The movement of the Earth’s core has accelerated the shift of the magnetic poles.