The term 'rare earth' dates to an 18th‑century Swedish mine and survives mainly out of habit. In truth, these 17 metals are ...

In a new study published in Science Advances, oceans researchers say that just 0.001% of the deep seafloor has been visually ...

Currently, weather satellites can be used to track wildfire growth, but not until a fire becomes very large and intense. FireSats have the bandwidth to detect a low intensity fire that's about the ...

Explorers know that the Earth’s oceans are vast – covering about 71% of the surface of the globe. According to a new study, ...

People are freaking out after seeing planet Earth from an especially unusual angle, with one complaining: 'This is scary'.

Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, but its direct ancestor came from Asia, crossing a land bridge connecting the continents more than 70 million years ago, according to a new study.

Tyrannosaurus rex evolved in North America, but its direct ancestor came from Asia, crossing a land bridge connecting the ...

The Aquarids meteor shower is set to peak this week. Everyone in the U.S. will have a chance to catch a glimpse.

The Aquarids, a meteor shower famous for its speedy balls of space debris that streak across the night sky, is peaking soon. Here's when to see it.

A Soviet spacecraft launched a half-century ago called Kosmos 482 has been orbiting the Earth for decades and is at last ...

The third major meteor shower of the year is about to hit its peak this week, sending a cascade of "shooting stars" streaking across the night sky.

They’ve concluded that the Earth was built in the same way that you would build a big snowball to make a snowman. The mass that would become our home rolled through planetary debris – rocks floating ...