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 ...

Deep Ocean Clues to a Million-Year-Old Ice Age Puzzle Revealed in New Study Nov. 8, 2024 — A new study challenges theories regarding the origins of a significant transition through the Earth's ...

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet like a giant snowball. This global deep freeze, known as Snowball Earth ...

Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release from Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes Was a Hidden Driver of Earth's Past Climate Oct. 30, 2024 — A team discovered that, contrary to present scientific ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...

A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won the election, in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo ...

Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse. At the U.N. climate conference in Azerbaijan, world leaders are gathered in ...

Justin Welby, the leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, announced his resignation days after a report found he had taken insufficient action over claims of abuse. By Stephen Castle and Mark ...

Melania Trump declined Jill Biden's invitation for tea at the White House as their husbands meet for the customary post-election lunch. Melania reportedly cited a scheduling conflict but sources ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention typically coordinates between 17 and 36 investigations of foodborne illnesses involving multiple states each week. A report is posted weekly, but ...

November 4, 2024 • How did life start on Earth? The answer is a big scientific mystery scientists are actively investigating. After talking with many scientists, host Regina G. Barber found that ...