This movement is part of a vast geological process—plate tectonics—that has been shaping Earth's continents for hundreds of ...

This isn’t any conspiracy theory or pseudoscience: Using samples collected from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, Hausrath ...

The fact that you can't breathe on the moon probably isn't surprising. That said, the moon does have an atmosphere; it's just very different than Earth's.

Australia may seem like a stable landmass, but it’s slowly creeping northward, heading straight for Asia at a surprising speed. Scientists say the continent is drifting at 2.8 inches (7 cm) per ...

The idea that life on Earth arose through a series of improbable "hard" evolutionary steps may be misjudged, according to a ...

Alaska, largely unspoiled wilderness, looks like something out of The Lord of the Rings.

As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

The Nevada State Museum in Carson City has a new geology exhibit, according to a news release. The exhibit, scheduled to open Feb. 21, is in the Changing Earth Gallery on the second floor of the ...

Researchers have challenged the long-held belief that Earth has seven continents, asserting instead that there are only six.

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Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...