The second installment in a review of Earth's over-heated, storm-tossed but also beauty-filled year.

A 2023 astronaut photo captured a rare effect, known as sunglint, transforming the surface of one of Russia's deepest lakes ...

Researchers identified hundreds of new species in 2024, expanding our knowledge of Earth’s startling biodiversity.

The sun recently hurled two coronal mass ejections toward Earth. The first is expected to reach us on Tuesday sparking aurora ...

Human composting is and is emerging as an alternative to cremation and burial that is friendlier to the climate and the Earth ...

Earth experienced one of the strongest El Niño events on record, leading to a supercharged hurricane season that brought ...

A recent study of gelatinous marine creatures revealed a curious ability in which two animals fuse and function as a single ...

Twenty years ago today a magnetar’s epic tantrum made our planet ring like a bell from tens of thousands of light-years away ...

The astronauts on the I.S.S. — including two who were scheduled to return months ago — held a zero-gravity cookie-decorating ...

Space debris threatens satellites and astronauts, highlighting the urgency to prevent cascading collisions in orbit.

Fans of MGM’s popular series Earth Abides are eagerly speculating about its future. The captivating post-apocalyptic ...

Stretching over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean, the South Atlantic Anomaly is a dent in Earth’s magnetic field ...