Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

Specifically, there is an 80% chance that at least one of the next five years will see record heat, with a high likelihood that average warming will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees ...

Rising sea levels will put millions of Americans at risk, report says Washington — Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and ...

Researchers Discover 'Ghost Plume' Rising From Earth's Mantle, Flowing Heat Shows No Volcanic Signs The processes that take place beneath the surface of the planet are not a mystery, but they do ...

Earth Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s ...

Global warming is a symptom of Earth’s energy imbalance, which is a measure of the difference between the total amount of heat reaching Earth from the sun, and the amount radiating back into space.

This event, known as aphelion, happens once per year typically around two weeks after the summer solstice in June. Although the Earth’s distance from the Sun does not affect the seasons ...

Different computer models were used to predict the reentry of the 1970s-era Soviet Venus craft Kosmos-482. Why were they divergent, and how can we improve our debris-fall forecasts?

Even though the ice is receding, the Arctic is still a spectacular place to visit. Come along on a polar adventure with these ...

Earth is the only place in the universe scientists known to have organics form of life inside. Now, another planet might be ...

The atmosphere’s heat-trapping greenhouse gases keep some of this energy. But the burning of coal, oil and gas has now added more than of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.