This ancient “mega plate,” which once spanned an astonishing 15 million square miles of Earth’s surface, has been hidden deep beneath the planet’s crust for millions of years. Until ...

Tonight's Earth Day jackpot marks the first time that the Mega Millions jackpot reset at $50 million, instead of $20 million. The winning numbers for the Mega Millions lottery drawing on Tuesday ...

Affected swaths of ocean are roughly the same size as Africa, China, Europe and North America’s land areas combined.

NASA tracks five near-Earth asteroids flying close to our planet this week. Despite their size, none pose a threat for at ...

Four NASA astronauts who recently returned to Earth from a mission aboard the International Space Station will take part this ...

The growing global need for copper, and the amount required to power the transition of all nations to clean energy, is not ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation has narrowed its search for a place to quarry stone needed to restore the eastbound ...

The Pacific Coast Highway might be the world's most famous drive. But it keeps breaking, and there's no timeline for a ...

For reference, 1 AU is the equivalent of 93 million miles (150 million km), the average distance separating Earth and the sun.

The Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube channel will go live at 4:30 p.m. EDT (20:30 GMT ... to 93 million miles (150 million km), which is the average distance separating Earth and the sun.