Deep in the Earth beneath us lie two blobs the size of continents. One is under Africa, the other under the Pacific Ocean. The blobs have their roots 2,900 kilometers below the surface, almost halfway ...

Earth’s origin story has always had missing pages, from the chemistry of its first crust to the ingredients that seeded life.

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Happy Earth Day! The very first Earth Day was celebrated 54 years ago, on April 22nd, 1970… but how did this holiday get started? In the years leading up to the inaugural ...

About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of Earth occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia collided with the young Earth. How the collision unfolded and what exactly ...

The first Earth Day was hosted on April 22, 1970. Celebrations were held across the United States, with the two largest gatherings located in New York City and Washington, D.C. According to the ...

The continents we live on today are moving, and over hundreds of millions of years they get pulled apart and smashed together again. Occasionally, this tectonic plate-fueled process brings most of the ...

Researchers looked through historical documents dating back to the fourth century to find total solar eclipses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

SAN DIEGO — Taking care of our planet continues to be more important now than ever. With Earth Day coming up this Monday, CBS 8 wanted to take a look back at the history, now spanning more than 50 ...

Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's ...