All in all, these records show that Earth's global average temperature has increased by about 1.8 F (1 C) since the ...

A powerful geomagnetic storm aimed at Earth could disrupt technology and bring a stunning celestial show as far south as ...

Earth's oceans, known for their deep blue hue, could one day undergo color shifts, say scientists. A report based on a study ...

While trying to determine if it could use the entire Earth's atmosphere as a massive sensor, the US military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) made a highly unusual detection.

The atmosphere not only nourishes life on Earth, but it also protects it: It's thick enough that many meteorites burn up before impact from friction, and its gases—such as ozone—block DNA ...

"The moon flies through Earth's atmosphere," Igor Baliukin, a space physicist at Russia's Space Research Institute in Moscow, said in a European Space Agency (ESA) press release. "We were not ...

Footprints on the Moon don't disappear… That’s because, unlike on Earth, there is no wind or water to erode the footprints. There is no wind or water because the Moon has no atmosphere ...