Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation ...

Boston College Professor Hanqin Tian will receive the Bert Bolin Award and Lecture from the American Geophysical Union (AGU), ...

Our solar system is a smashing success. A new study suggests that from its earliest period—even before the last of its ...

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has selected Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Christopher Glein to present the Carl ...

Join the search for exoplanets beyond our solar system and discover what they teach us about Earth Over the past 30 years, we have discovered thousands of exoplanets, which are planets located outside ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

Humans are gambling on the very stability of Earth's life support systems, scientists said Wednesday, warning that ocean ...

Plate tectonics give rise to Earth's mountain ranges, earthquakes and the long-term movement of continents, and may even have provided the right conditions for life on Earth. But as far as we know, no ...

The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...

Around the world, international borders are hardening. Nations are competing for resources, technology and even orbits. But in Vienna this June, a different vision took center stage. One where space ...