New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

The private Ax-4 astronaut mission will head back home to Earth on Monday morning (July 14), and you can watch the action ...

The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction ...

Humans might not know of any intelligent beings beyond Earth, but if they exist, they might already know about us. New ...

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

July 9 was unusually short thanks to changes in how fast the Earth is spinning. But two other days this summer are expected ...

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

What’s your guess for Earth’s most isolated island? It’s not Hawaii. It’s not Fiji. In fact, if you’re thinking beaches, palm ...

Since Edward Burtynsky’s birth in Ontario, Canada, in 1955, the Earth’s population has roughly tripled, and its economy has ...