Our breakdown of 7 hidden science lessons in the stunning photo taken by an astronaut on the Artemis II mission.

Ice cores, tree rings, and satellite data converge on a striking truth: Earth’s rapid changes today are unlike anything seen in human history. When most people hear the term Earth science, they think ...

Dr. Marvel was, until recently, a research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Artemis II’s journey ...

Exactly when and how plate tectonics started, however, is a matter of debate. Now, in a study published March 19 in the ...

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet’s earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow “Goldilocks zone” for two life-essential elements, ...

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

Scientists have discovered fossils showing that complex animals existed millions of years before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of life on Earth. The finds reveal a strange, diverse ...

Earth Science Week 2025, an annual worldwide celebration of the geosciences led by the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), is underway from October 12–18, 2025, with the theme “Energy Resources for ...

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