Radioactive materials are found naturally in the Earth. But even so, saying an area is radioactive can conjure up images of ...

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Humans evolved late in Earth history. While this timing inspired the conclusion that humanlike life is a cosmic improbability ...

How did Earth transform from a hostile, acidic ocean world to one that nurtured life? Scientists at Yale and in Singapore ...

Extensive evidence, including global temperature and sea ice data, shows Earth's climate is changing due to human activity.

Whether through agricultural practices, deforestation, or urbanization, how modern humans use land has had an unprecedented ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

Lunar: A history of the moon in myths, maps and matter tells the story of the coexistence between humanity and the celestial ...

The Gulf of Mexico will now appear as the Gulf of America for U.S. users of Apple Maps, Bing Maps and Google Maps.

Google Maps officially updated the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Monday. Among many other executive ...

Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...