The shortest ever day on Earth is recorded today, with Earth rotating 1.3 milliseconds faster than the standard time, ...

Melting glaciers have profound and far-reaching impacts on the Earth, affecting ecosystems, sea levels, climate patterns, and communities around the world.

The study’s authors explain, “In contrast to larger objects, the flux of cosmic dust to Earth is essentially constant on yearly timescales ... This means that in certain areas, such as near melting ...

Even if Earth does survive, it won’t be pretty. The temperature of our planet will be about 1,300 degrees C, hot enough to ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming — below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius — polar ice sheets may melt, causing seas to rise and displacing coastal communities, a ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, could harbor life in its hidden underground ocean – yet Titan's entire aquatic biosphere may ...

When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that dotted the planet's icy surface.

Our planet whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. On Thursday the planet reached its farthest point from its star, known as aphelion.

As summer settles in and temperatures climb in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s impossible to forget just how much the sun ...