Earth's vital limits are shattering. Humanity has now crossed seven of nine planetary boundaries, thrusting societies into uncharted territory beyond the stable conditions that nurtured civilization ...

A bullet-speed experiment reveals that the Earth's inner core may be softer and more dynamic than previously thought.

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Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...

A 2020 satellite photo shows the immense power of 7-story waves crashing along the Portuguese coast. Later the same day, a ...

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

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The planet HD 189733 b was discovered in 2005, as one of many huge gas worlds snuggled tightly against their suns. It gradually gained popularity for .

P arts of the ocean reached temperatures of -15°C (5°F) without freezing 717-660 million years ago, geologists and ...

Before Earth, there was “proto Earth,” a primitive hunk of rock that formed four and a half billion years ago. It was drastically different to the Earth we know today, heaving with lava and rock all ...