For more than four decades, scientists believed it was gone forever. No sightings. No evidence. No surviving populations. An ...

Every day, a NASA program quietly recalculates the orbits of thousands of space rocks and flags each one that will pass ...

Young creatives aged 14-30 can submit their works for the international prize until October 7 to raise awareness of ...

Scientists discovered a mysterious reversal in Earth’s molten core flow beneath the Pacific using satellite data from space.

Foucault’s pendulum experiment led to an increase in the public’s interest in both real-life science and science fiction.

Shells of tiny ocean creatures reveal a hidden boundary in the Atlantic that could affect the Earth's global carbon cycle.

While scientists debate the risks of tampering with our climate, scientists say there's already a huge geoengineering ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to John Vidale, professor of earth sciences at the University of Southern California, about new research suggesting the rotation of Earth's inner core may be slowing down.

Right now, the temperature of the Earth is pretty much perfect for humans, at around 13.9 degrees Celsius, or 57 degrees Fahrenheit. Yes, that is much lower than "room temperature," which is around 20 ...