Scientists at NASA, utilizing the Chandra X-ray Observatory, have unveiled a significant finding that indicates the outer ...

Earth's temperature has been much cooler in the past than previously thought, meaning it could be moving toward the warmest ...

A surprising reversal in molten iron flow beneath the Pacific is giving scientists a sharper view of how Earth’s magnetic ...

Blind Mexican cavefish became active in light while surface fish reacted to darkness, revealing how evolution rewired brains.

GJ 3378b has moved closer to the kind of world astronomers most want to find: small, rocky, temperate, and near enough for future telescopes to inspect in far greater detail. The planet circles a red ...

A submarine eruption north of Papua New Guinea may be building new land while satellites track its evolution from above.

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the planet. Coffee linked to significant new side effect, says massive study Here ...

Earth’s earliest animals may have held evolution back because they reproduced asexually, creating low-competition communities that changed very little over time. When environmental pressures pushed ...

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National Geographic Society CEO Jill Tiefenthaler looks ahead as the organization’s next evolution — The Museum of Exploration — opens its doors this summer.

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A new NASA map shows how the sinking of Mexico City is uneven, with areas registering up to 2 centimeters per month. Mexico City is one of the fastest sinking cities in the world. Now, a powerful ...