Firefly Aerospace 's moon-bound spacecraft has provided the closest thing to a reflecting pool in space, showing Earth as an ...

University of Iowa researchers found in a new study that images of Earth that kindle "blue marble awe" could create more favorable views of renewable energy and the environment.

Like most of us, Earth has a lot going on under the surface ... tectonic slabs far from these boundaries in locations under continents’ interiors and beneath oceans, where sunken plates ...

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we know today. These continents aren’t going to stay in place forever ...

Until that maneuver, however, Blue Ghost has been busy above the big blue Earth, beaming home beautiful images of our planet, as well as views of its far-off final destination, the moon.

Not so deep beneath the waters of the Pacific lies a sunken continent. Is this Earth's 8th continent? Today I investigate these wild claims to see if there's any truth to this. Marianne Faithfull ...

A newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, may strike Earth in December 22, 2032, according to Nasa. Just in time for Christmas.

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Oceania is a region of islands which includes Australia but is not classed as a continent. Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never confirmed that it happens on ...

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