Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.

Researchers show the average surface temperature on our planet has shifted between 51.8 to 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit ...

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...

A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.

The small asteroid named 2024 PT5 will become a temporary mini moon of Earth from September 29 to November 25, 2024. While ...

The bus-size asteroid, which was discovered on August 7 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...

A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's surface temperature has changed over the past 485 million years. The data show that Earth has been and can be warmer than today -- but ...

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

2024 PT5 will be a temporary visitor, arriving in September and flying off again in November.