Comets are small bodies, like asteroids, that also contain ices such as water and carbon dioxide. When a comet heats up as it ...

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In the nearly three decades since, the 39-year-old geologist has trekked into dozens of caves around the world: on islands in ...

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New Zealand lies in the South Pacific Ocean and comprises two major islands—North and South—and a number of smaller islands.

Climate change is an existential crisis for the United States. It poses one of the gravest threats to our national security.

Call to Earth Day is a worldwide celebration of our planet, and an opportunity to do something positive to protect it.

Nearly 2000 images were submitted for the annual competition, which aims to draw attention to the challenges facing Earth.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its nemesis Blue Origin, already poised to compete over rocketing astronauts to the Moon, are ...

A study involving the University of Cambridge has used virtual recreations of the earliest animal ecosystems, known as marine ...