But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

This rift could even lead to the creation of Earth's sixth ocean. The Earth's tectonic plates—massive pieces of the Earth's ...

Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...

Image caption, Christianity and Judaism share a common creation story which is recorded in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. Day one God created the “heavens and the earth” along with ...

The black is where we still need modern measurements at a reasonable resolution We've just become a little less ignorant about Planet Earth. The initiative that seeks to galvanise the creation of ...

Native creation stories explain how life began on Earth and how a particular tribal nation came to be. They talk about spiritual and mythical origins within real, physical landscapes and outline ...

Maybe Earth's water has multiple sources ... They make a big contribution to the solar wind's properties. Could the wind ...

Every inch of Australia is written in song. Songs track lines along the continent, with every jutting rock or bowing tree being represented by a line or a verse. The cadence, the rhythm, and the ...

The Bioceramic MoonSwatch MISSION TO EARTHPHASE celebrates our two nearest celestial bodies, the Earth and the Moon. Swatch’s ...

Percival Everett’s “James” is favorite for the prestigious literary award. But the likes of Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” or Samantha Harvey’s “Orbital” could take the prize instead.

Rabbi Yitzchak reasons that G-d began the Torah this way to address a future question: “When the nations of the world say to the Jewish people, ‘You are thieves; you conquered the land of Israel from ...

Like Earth, Mars was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, but its early surface was very different than today's. Mars' surface then had high rates of meteorite and asteroid impacts from the period ...