Ice cores, tree rings, and satellite data converge on a striking truth: Earth’s rapid changes today are unlike anything seen in human history. When most people hear the term Earth science, they think ...

Scientists refine the timeline of sponge origins, showing soft-bodied ancestors likely evolved later than some chemical ...

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Earth’s slow axial wobbles—known as precession cycles—do not just shape long-term climate trends. A new study led by ...

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Picture your sidewalk on a scorching summer day. You've probably seen how the concrete expands and contracts with temperature changes, sometimes creating small cracks that seem to appear overnight.

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so vast and unusual that they defy conventional models of planetary evolution.

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Often misunderstood as "hovering," satellites are actually in constant free-fall, perpetually missing Earth's surface as the ...