The sun will reach its most northern point on June 20, marking the start of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Earth has not always been so hospitable to live. During several ice ages, the planet's surface was almost completely frozen ...

At the heart of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a digital camera that will create an unparalleled map of the cosmos.

When the Earth froze over, where did life shelter? MIT scientists say one refuge may have been pools of melted ice that ...

European Union leaders will use a summit with China next month to seek better access to Chinese rare earths and critical ...

The organization of life on Earth follows a simple, hidden rule known as “core-to-transition organization.” Hypothesized by ...

China's commerce ministry said on Thursday that "a certain number" of rare earth export licence applications had been ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to send a cargo ship to Mars by the end of next year. Here’s why that plan likely won’t pan out.

However, a 2021 NASA study found that the excess of incoming sunlight over outgoing radiation, known as Earth’s energy ...

Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient ...

Humans have been reshaping the environment for at least 10,000 years. But the Anthropocene is the name given to the specific ...

The rising Chinese auteur’s genre-bending drama, unveiled at the Shanghai Film Festival, uses a virtual reality boxing ...