"It could represent some of the oldest and most pristine water ever observed, formed in another planetary system and ...

If they hadn't paid attention to the fluctuating readings of Earth's ozone layer, humans would have probably died by now.

The ice cores could offer clues about a period known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition that has long puzzled scientists ...

The story begins in 1835, when the first of what would become thousands of dams was built. These human-made reservoirs store ...

"I can't wait to see the science that it produces and the impact that it has. I think it will help people around the world." ...

The earth doesn't rotate exactly on schedule. Scientists believe that today is going to be around a millisecond short of a ...

The rotation of the Earth is accelerating, which is why some days in July and August will be shorter, the scientists ...

Ancient river landscapes buried beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet have been uncovered by radar, revealing vast, flat ...

Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and ...

‘We are hoping to unlock all these amazing secrets.’ The new core ice, which was drilled near the Concordia research station in the ‘White Continent,’ beats the previous 800,000-year-old ice, which ...

If life can thrive and survive under the ice in Antarctica, it might also be possible it can thrive in extraterrestrial environments too' ...