Mars’ positioning is what gives the lighter planet such a strong pull. “The closer it is to the sun, the more a planet ...

The northern lights may not have been as bright as you expected, but Earth's atmosphere was still highly active.

Earth scientist Andrea Donnellan studies the surface of the Earth from the sky to better understand earthquakes, including ...

A Pew Research poll shows partisan split over U.S. scientific leadership, with Democrats far more concerned about losing ...

The far-flung “Project Anchor” conspiracy theory claims that NASA is preparing for Earth to “lose” gravity on August 12, 2026 ...

As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth's third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply ...

Earth's orbiting satellites are commonly regarded as if they were suspended in mid-air. It is a fact that they actually ...

“Soil Science: The Dirt on Dirt,” a new class and lab — ERT 404LLB and ERT 504, respectively — in the Department of Earth Sciences brings together students from varying disciplines to unearth soil’s ...

For the first time, the three-year average global temperature was more than 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial temps.

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

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