The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction ...

The transition from water to land is one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of life on Earth. Over 360 million years ago, life began its slow but steady migration from the oceans onto dry ...

Indian Air Force pilot Shubhanshu Shukla is returning to Earth on July 15. He travelled to the International Space Station as ...

New research has uncovered that the construction of water dams has shifted Earth's poles in subtle but important ways.

Scientists uncover signs that Earth’s resilience to carbon emissions may be unraveling faster than climate models suggest. A ...

Among them were lungfish—an ancient group of lobe-finned fish that are closely related to the first animals that eventually ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

Kosmos 482 was launched with a parachute, but given the age of the probe, it is unlikely to work properly as it enters Earth's atmosphere. If the spacecraft does crash on land, people should avoid ...

Given its orbit, the spacecraft could land anywhere between latitude 52 degrees north and 52 degrees south, Langbroek wrote in a blog post.That represents a vast area, including the United States ...