Take a moment to breathe in the air around you and really appreciate it, because all that oxygen-rich air will only be around ...

Discover the most and least abundant gases in Earth's atmosphere. Learn why nitrogen (78%) dominates the air and which noble ...

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so ...

Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...

New research reveals that nickel and urea once throttled Earth’s earliest oxygen producers, delaying the planet’s ...

Sixty-million-year-old rock samples from deep under the ocean have revealed how huge amounts of carbon dioxide are stored for ...

More metal than ever is entering the upper atmosphere because of space traffic, with unknown effects on climate ...

A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For many years, researchers have struggled to understand two ...

Researchers suggest that enormous structures within Earth's core may be linked to the planet's evolution and the origin of life.

A $3.1 million project, funded by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program and a consortium of national science agencies, will drill deep into the Earth — and deep back in time — to ...