For one, scientists observe a "cosmic fossil" called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The first light that was free to ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...

Learn about the theory suggesting that the Earth sits inside of a void, which may explain why the universe appears to expand ...

"Our work supports both the scientific quest to answer the question 'Are we alone?' and practical efforts to manage the ...

The "unintentional electromagnetic leakage" from airport radars and military radar systems can be "detectable across ...

As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ...

Amazon's sale also includes The Hobbit Trilogy on 4K Blu-ray for under $40 and standard edition box sets for less than $15.

Today is set to be one of shortest days in the Earth’s recorded history – meaning that it will be just under 24 hours.

In an unexpected twist, Earth's spin is set to accelerate in July and August, leading to the shortest days on record - with ...

The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reports that Earth is currently spinning faster, ...

New research suggests Earth may lie inside a massive, billion-light-year-wide cosmic void, offering a possible solution to ...