Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighboring regions of the universe, astronomers say.

Heraclitus was the ancient Greek philosopher who challenged the world through his beliefs in constant change, unity of ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...

James Romm’s book is an intellectual thriller, showing how the ancient Greek thinker came to write “The Republic,” his masterpiece of political theory.

The Earth is below your feet, yes – but your location is mostly the product of physics and math, the legacy of mathematicians, satellites, and powerful U.S. military computers.

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. The ...

According to TGCOM24, the collective energy of these natural engineers contributes to modeling Earth's surface with at least 76,000 gigajoules of energy per year. This energy contribution is ...

Recently, scientists have discovered that the Earth's inner core thought to be in a solid state and also an unchanging sphere, may have undergone significant shape changes over the past 20 years.

Deep at the center of the Earth, our planet’s inner core is spinning, growing and—according to new research—shape-shifting. A new study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward, Earth’s inner core in changing shape.