Ancient volcanoes in the Arctic may have trapped Earth in repeated "Snowball Earth" freezes for 56 million years.

The Sturtian glaciation was one of the most extreme climate events in Earth’s history. Beginning around 717 million years ago ...

Our solar system is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly diluted gas and dust between the stars. On its path, Earth continuously accumulates iron-60, a rare ...

Humans may have returned to Britain far earlier than scientists once believed — not long after the last ice sheet began ...

Ice ages reshape the planet - but they don’t come out of nowhere. From orbital shifts to atmospheric changes, here’s what actually causes Earth to freeze.

Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a new method which could help scientists perform large-scale climate ...

Deep under Antarctic ice, a 748-foot ice core recovered by the SWAIS2C project reveals past warm, ice-free periods on the ...

The Global Positioning System works because satellites carry atomic clocks. Those satellites orbit high above Earth, where ...

A giant asteroid impact crater has been found under Greenland's Hiawatha Glacier. Advanced radar revealed the enormous structure. Scientists analysed meltwater sediments, finding shocked quartz and ...

A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) is at once a fascinating story of discovery and a beautiful celebration of our endless curiosity.

Earth is quietly collecting radioactive debris from an ancient stellar explosion as our Solar System drifts through a giant ...

Earth’s surface is warming, but the upper atmosphere has been cooling for decades, and scientists now understand why.