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Scientists have uncovered the oldest direct evidence yet that Earth’s tectonic plates were on the move 3.5 billion years ago.

Today's sea level rise is significant enough to slow the rotation of the planet by just over a millisecond per century.

Magnetic crystals provide the earliest evidence yet of the plate tectonics that likely made Earth habitable, pushing its ...

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Located just 35 light-years away, this world is roughly 1.6 times the size of Earth. But don’t call it a twin. It’s a ...

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening how long an average day lasts. And the current rate of increase ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In geological layers around the ...

About 2.7 million years ago, Earth’s climate reached a tipping point that transformed a stable world into one marked by ice ages and abrupt swings. The planet moved from a mostly warm and steady ...

On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a cosmic ray detector, was designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth ...