Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life.

Mar 4, 2025 · Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and …

Apr 12, 2023 · Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun. While scientists continue to hunt for clues of life beyond Earth, our home planet remains the only place in the universe where …

Nov 14, 2025 · Earth coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field.

Oct 28, 2025 · Earth has been dimming for decades, reflecting less light back into space—and the amount of light reflected by the Northern Hemisphere is decreasing more quickly than that of …

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only known world to support life, distinguished by its dynamic geology, diverse ecosystems, and vast oceans. Its atmosphere, rich in nitrogen and …

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We know of no other planet like Earth. The Earth sciences, which include geology, hydrology and atmospheric science, have helped us uncover the 4.5-billion-year history of our home. Explore …

A new study led by researchers at the University of Ottawa provides a series of highly detailed 3D models of the Earth's temperature beneath Greenland and northeastern Canada, providing …

Jul 9, 2025 · There are a number of reasons the Earth may be changing its speed this way. But it’s not clear yet just which explanation is responsible this time. The likeliest cause is the …

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Aug 6, 2025 · Things changed from 2020 – the Earth started spinning faster instead of slower every year, probably the result of angular momentum exchange between the Earth's core and …

Oct 23, 2024 · Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago, about 10 million years after the solar system was born. After a gigantic cloud of gas collapsed to make the sun, bits of that cloud …

From deforestation to pollution, environmental challenges are growing—but so are the solutions. Our environment coverage explores the world’s environmental issues through stories on …

Jul 21, 2025 · Earth is spinning faster than usual, with July 22 set to be one of the shortest days ever, just 1.34 milliseconds shy of a full 24 hours.

May 21, 2025 · We train Aurora on a large body of Earth system data to learn a general-purpose representation of the dynamics that govern atmospheric and oceanic flow and associated …

Oct 14, 2025 · Earth's magnetic field is largely generated by Earth's outer core — an ocean of swirling, molten iron located roughly 1,900 miles (3,000 km) beneath the planet's surface.

Jul 9, 2025 · The "Hubble tension," one of the most frustrating and lingering problems in science, could be solved if Earth and the Milky Way sit in a 2 billion light-year wide low-density void.

Dec 17, 2021 · Earth is the only world in our solar system with liquid water at its surface today. Scientists believe that Mars and Venus may have long ago had oceans, but these are long gone.