Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Differences in the gravitational pull between the Earth and the Moon will make July 9, July 22 and August 5 unusually short.

Australian microbe research is helping improve our understanding of the potential for life in extreme environments, offering ...

China's export restrictions on rare earths brought parts of the global auto supply chain to a halt and U.S. President Donald ...

When China restricted rare earth exports to Japan in 2010 during a diplomatic spat, a wild west domestic industry undermined ...

In the early 1990s, eight people tried to survive in a hermetically sealed glass structure filled with miniature forests, ...

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

China's Tianwen-2 probe continues on its journey to rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) before heading to the main ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Antarctic research reveals how rare earth elements move underground through freeze-thaw cycles in desert environments.

If you're an animal enthusiast, you probably know that the vast majority of animals prefer not to spend their lives in motion ...