Like straight out of Julio Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, scientists from Northwestern University and the ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

Far below the Earth's surface is an energy source with huge and perpetual potential: geothermal heat. But the forces in its ...

Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an Egyptian army where an Israelite king was killed. The discoveries at Megiddo, ...

Singapore has achieved a new global first—an underwater art gallery at an extraordinary depth of around 4.3 miles (7 ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today to begin dismantling the Department of Education. Follow ...

University of Arizona researchers are among a group of scientists who hope to discover what happened immediately after the Big Bang, when the universe expanded in a fraction of a ...

Property guru Sarah Beeny has been told she must tear down a huge part of her £3m country estate by council officers ...