Over four millennia ago, in the final days of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia, a drought swept over the region, afflicting lands as far away as Greece and what’s now Pakistan. Probably driven by ...

A rock formation spanning Ireland and Scotland may be the world's most complete record of "snowball Earth," a crucial moment in planetary history when the globe was covered in ice, finds a new study ...

Curtin-led research has for the first time precisely dated some of the oldest fossils of complex multicellular life in the world, helping to track a pivotal moment in the history of Earth when the ...

SINGAPORE - 24 March 2022 - Earth Hour, the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, is set to unite millions of people around the world to show solidarity for both people and planet.

Around 4.5 billion years ago, the Solar System formed in the midst of the chaos of an early universe. As objects flung through the eddies of space, our own planet survived several massive impacts. One ...

Stormy skies on a planet 11 times our size! Dan Smith shows just how powerful lightning can get on Jupiter. ⚡ ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Today is Earth Day, a time to think about how to protect the planet that all of us share. Each year on April 22, Earth Day highlights environmental challenges and encourages ...

The fact the Earth rotates on its axis wasn't always the common knowledge that it is today. On Earth's Rotation Day, observed every Jan. 8, we commemorate French physicist Leo Foucault's ultimate ...

In early April 2025, China weaponized its rare earth elements (REEs), restricting exports to the United States – and eventually the world – in retaliation for increased U.S. tariffs. This is not the ...

This striking image shows a crescent Earth slipping behind the moon's rugged limb. This "Earthset" was witnessed by the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission and is arguably the highlight of the first ...