This week, see what makes loggerhead sea turtles “dance,” track a cosmic “ghost particle,” uncover an ancient basilica, and more.

Roughly 300,000 years ago, our species first appeared on the African landscape before spreading globally and coming to ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Earth is crossing the threshold of 1.5°C of global warming, according to two major global studies which together suggest the planet's climate has likely entered a frightening new phase.

The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet’s history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research.

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...