"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction ...

Humans might not know of any intelligent beings beyond Earth, but if they exist, they might already know about us. New ...

On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

But with atomic clocks tracking the Earth’s rotational speed so closely that once every year and a half or so, the ...

When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

For decades, he tended a SoHo loft filled with dirt, made by the conceptual artist Walter De Maria. People made pilgrimages ...

July 9 was unusually short thanks to changes in how fast the Earth is spinning. But two other days this summer are expected ...

Since Edward Burtynsky’s birth in Ontario, Canada, in 1955, the Earth’s population has roughly tripled, and its economy has ...

What’s your guess for Earth’s most isolated island? It’s not Hawaii. It’s not Fiji. In fact, if you’re thinking beaches, palm ...