President Donald Trump signed an executive order today changing the name of Earth to “Planet of America.” Trump announced ...

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

New measurements suggest mysterious continent-sized masses in our planet’s lower mantle may be extremely stable features ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...

Our planet's interior is much too deep and hot to explore with probes, so scientists rely on seismic waves to understand and ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

A new Captain Planet comic book series is on the way - the first in three decades - and the hero is back with a new look (and ...

Winds circling a gas giant more than 500 light years from Earth have been detected flowing at supersonic speeds approaching 33,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) per hour, making them the fastest air ...

THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim.

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...