Today is Earth Day, and NPR and the rest of the media are celebrating government and its environmental laws such as the Endangered Species Act and green energy transformations. Joe Biden will be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. Science is hard. Writing about science can be hard too, ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Falling leaves, snow, rain and human activity build upon the Earth. Could this mean that Earth's diameter is actually growing and our beloved planet is getting bigger? That's our topic ...

Earth is so far the only known planet on which life exists—with liquid water and a stable atmosphere. However, the conditions were not conducive to life when it formed. The gas-dust cloud from which ...

You may have heard claims that NASA scientists confirmed the Earth has a second moon, but that statement isn't totally true. NASA did confirm there is a newly discovered “quasi-moon.” A quasi-moon is ...