The surface of our world has been in a constant state of flux for millions of years. Continents have wandered, oceans have ...

Spanning billions of years, lunar soil could store a chemical record of ancient gases—materials that may one day support ...

This illustrated geologic timescale of Earth focuses on the landscapes, flora and fauna of the West, drilling into the region’s deep history.

The Perseverance rover is continuing its mission to find clues about the geological past of Mars. The rover’s main goals are ...

Earth’s atmosphere is slowly leaking into space, and new research shows some of it reaches the Moon, where it may be ...

About 700 million years ago, Earth was entombed in a veneer of ice hundreds of feet thick—a frozen state scientists refer to ...

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

The Chocolate Hills are 1,776 mounds on Bohol Island in the Philippines where grassy cover turns brown during the dry season.

Artemis II 'wet dress rehearsal' delayed due to weather, NASA officials say ...

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the bottom of Europa's ocean, a study suggests ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...