This layer of the atmosphere is notoriously difficult to study, but new research sheds light on its mysterious processes.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has captured another remarkable shot, this one showing the Betsiboka River estuary in Madagascar.

When asteroids like Bennu hit the young Earth, they could have provided a complete package of complex molecules and the ...

Our planet's Moon might look dead and stagnant from our vantage point here on Earth, but a new study suggests it was moving about just a 'hot minute' ago.

One of the most powerful online tools at your disposal is the sprawling Google Earth project, which allows you to use ...

Now, the Museum of the Earth’s ongoing financial struggles have sparked growing concern for Cavanaugh about the future of this important partnership for Cornellians. “PRI has been around for ...

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

is renowned for the spectacle it regularly puts on at both of Earth's poles. But thanks to the solar storm, which could pose a minimal threat to things like satellites, GPS signals and power ...

The dazzling phenomenon, also known as the aurora borealis, is renowned for the spectacle it regularly puts on at both of Earth's poles. But thanks to the solar storm, which could pose a minimal ...

Some nights when we look up at the moon ... The moon, like Earth, is a sphere, and it is always half-illuminated by the sun. As the moon travels around Earth, we see more or less of the ...