Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Measurements and data collected from space can be used to better understand life on Earth. An ambitious, multinational research project has demonstrated that Earth's biodiversity can be monitored and ...

Will any continent split in two one day? Yes. While how the Earth will look in millions of years can be hard to predict, scientists already know that Africa is splitting. For one, ...

While continental drifts take eons to fully effectuate, this ongoing split has experts concerned about its rapid progress.

that would quickly become a dangerous piece of space junk unless its orbit were raised and stabilized. Currently, the tank reaches 98 percent of orbital velocity before being dropped to burn up ...

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

A globe is a model of planet Earth, showing how it looks from space. This one shows all the countries of the world, almost 200, including the UK. It shows all seven continents, Europe, Africa ...

There is one tiny island that's been standing for nearly 3,000 years in waters that divide the continents of Europe and Asia. The enchanting Kiz Kulesi, also known as the Maiden's Tower ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — An ambitious, multinational research project funded by NASA and co-led by the University at Buffalo has ...

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first discovered in 2005, has been widening by half an inch per year.

“Oceans Are the Real Continents” — whose very title nudges ... at least as presented by Santambrogio’s eyes, is a ghostly space that brims with life yet aches for those who have left ...