The National Museum of Natural History is among the first eight Smithsonian sites the Trump administration announced it will ...

New simulations show carbon enabled Earth’s inner core to solidify under realistic cooling, solving the nucleation paradox.

It seems the Earth's core may contain more carbon than previously assumed, which changes how we understand its evolution.

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

A new study reveals Earth's essential features formed within its first 100 million years, challenging long-held theories.

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

Earth Day began in the 1970s. Here's a look back at how this day came to be and what initiatives are on the forefront in 2025.

In 2020, the Hayabusa2 uncrewed spacecraft successfully returned small fragments from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, ...

The first Earth Day is largely credited as one of the key moments that launched the modern environmental movement.

The history of Earth Day Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson, with the purpose to inform people about environmental problems that needed to be addressed, according to History.