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Earth’s surface is a dynamic, ever-changing landscape. Massive crustal plates shift, creating mountains, earthquakes, and ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

The Earth BioGenome Project seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi as they build an atlas of ...

Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

Three NASA astronauts from the SpaceX Crew-8 mission recently spoke about their return to Earth after 235 days aboard the ...

This year, leading thinkers asked how humanity became so fragile, what other life could exist in the universe, and whether it ...

The Planetary Boundaries framework is a pivotal tool for tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding humanity's future on Earth. For the first time, the full story of the Planetary Boundaries is now ...

The University of Victoria professor helped rewrite a crucial part of our planet’s history by identifying compelling evidence ...