Recently, the results of a 250-day experiment to refine a particular motion of our planet were published in the journal ...

The University at Albany is starting new majors related to climate change, but students won't just study science. Economics, ...

A sudden halt to Earth's rotation, though improbable, would trigger catastrophic events. Inertia would cause widespread ...

Earth's rotation is randomly speeding up, and nobody is quite sure why. These speedups, which have occurred several times over the last few years, haven't had any effect on daily life, but they also ...

“Even though we know seismometers can record a variety of sources happening on Earth’s surface, never before has such a ...

Scientists have identified what could be a second moon circling our planet, which acts differently from the one we are ...

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e may contain an atmosphere and liquid water, NASA scientists said. Research into the exoplanet is ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...