Dinosaurs had such an immense impact on Earth that their sudden extinction led to wide-scale changes in landscapes—including ...

Scientists believe giant impacts – like the one depicted in this artist’s concept – occurred on Mars 4.5 billion years ago, ...

Researchers in Japan have found that the parent asteroid of Ryugu, a near-Earth asteroid, retained water in ice form for billions of years, and this could challenge previously existing theories on how ...

The Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago and has been continuously changing ever since. For instance, the Himalayas continue to ...

Changes in rock formations from before and after the mass extinction event 66 million years ago may reflect how dinosaurs ...

A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new ...

Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists ...

The greatest challenge facing astrobiologists is that there is only one planet known to us that has life. Of all the bodies ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...

Dinosaurs' extinction "re-engineered" Earth's surface, according to new research. The reptiles had such an "immense" impact ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...