For months, a bizarre theory has been spreading online, warning that Earth could suddenly lose its gravity for several terrifying seconds this week. As the date tied to the prediction draws closer, ...

Earth, Wind & Fire postponed their San Francisco concert with Lionel Richie after a band member suffered a "medical emergency ...

Researchers have found a clever new way to map a part of Earth’s upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. Using orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites, they ...

UChicago PME scientists show that atomic channels can separate rare earth elements from each other—without using toxic ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Earth reaches its farthest point from the sun, aphelion, on ...

The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...

West Virginia University researchers are extracting critical rare earth minerals from polluted mine water, creating a ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A unique imbalance in potassium isotopes points to remnants of “proto Earth” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space in this ...

One of Earth’s oldest plants appears to pass electrical messages through its dense green mats.