Earth’s core is transforming, which could affect the length of our 24-hour day, Earth’s magnetic field, and more ...

A research team led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric ...

UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of extraterrestrial beings.

Though scientists aren't sure how the lithosphere came to be divided into plates, certain aspects of Earth's geology keep the plate tectonic engine chugging along. For a planet to sustain plate ...

We know that the Earth has an iron core surrounded by a mantle of silicate bedrock and water (oceans) on its surface. Science has used this simple planet model until today for investigating ...

Hans Zimmer shares the tracks that inspired him and his team to create the incredible, original soundtrack for BBC One's Planet Earth II. Would you have what it takes to capture the incredible ...

More planets may be capable of sustaining life than previously thought as they contain water, according to new research. Scientists have long known that Earth has an iron core surrounded by a ...

Computer simulations suggest that there is an undiscovered Earth-like planet lurking in the distant ... [+] Kuiper Belt, well past the orbit of Neptune (artistic illustration). There may be an ...