Some 252 million years ago, almost all life on Earth disappeared. Known as the Permian–Triassic mass extinction – or the ...

Some 252 million years ago, almost all life on Earth disappeared.Authors Andrew Merdith DECRA Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of ...

The Earth is predicted to increase its rotation speed in July and August, once again bucking the trend of a slower rotation ...

Our planet is going to spin a little faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, thanks to the moon’s distance from the equator.

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that hovered around 0°C. This stable, warmer temperature could have served as a ...

Finally, the Earth moves a little bit beyond one complete revolution, so the stick again points towards the sun for a second ...

Imagine Earth suddenly stops spinning what happens next? From flying debris and mega-tsunamis to magnetic collapse and ...

“Getting that to cross the equator, where the Coriolis force is essentially zero, is kind of impossible because it means you ...

According to the website, Earth spins faster when the Moon’s orbit takes it significantly north or south relative to the ...

China's Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites had been moving toward each other in geosynchronous orbit, around 22,236 miles ...

When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that ...