How Life Began on Earth: Modeling Earth's Ancient Atmosphere Oct. 31, 2024 — This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first ...

Scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new ...

Penn State professor of chemistry Joseph Cotruvo, Jr. and graduate student Wonseok Choi have been researching ways to separate rare earth elements using reengineered bacterial proteins that are ...

A rising number of conspiracy theorists think the Earth is flat because they doubt scientific findings. They argue it looks flat based on everyday experiences and question photos and evidence of a ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

Friends of the Earth warns the 2035 target will be “fatally undermined” unless the UK delivers on its existing 2030 target – which is significantly off track. The government must ramp up its ambition ...

Isoprene emissions have global implications — it’s the second most emitted hydrocarbon on Earth, after methane emissions from human activities. While methane has been widely studied because of its ...

In Brazil, the host takes to the air with geographer and paleontologist Dr. Alceu Ranzi, who points out the enormous geometric shapes constructed from earth and ditches. And Hancock also meets ...

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.