Earth's tectonic history is what it is because of our planet's material composition. It's not like this on all planets, nor even all the rocky planets in our own solar system. However, the garnet ...

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...

Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too?

James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution This month, the National Museum of Natural History opened “NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History,” a new ...

Doctoral candidate Karen Williams embarked on computer modeling research to find out about the Earth’s changes after the melting of the Laurentide ice sheet, which once covered Canada and a large part ...

A rare Triassic fossil unearthed in Brazil, Gondwanax paraisensis, could provide new insights into the origins of dinosaurs.