Part of what gives the scene its otherworldly appearance is its geology.

The first global map of subterranean fungi networks reveals how massive its reach is worldwide.

A representation of the underground imaging used in the study. (Edward Garnero and Mingming Li/Arizona State University) The ...

In 1971, the Soyuz 11 mission ended in a tragedy that brought both sides of the Cold War together in mourning.

El Niño is officially here—and the whole planet is likely to feel the brunt of it in the coming months. The weather pattern ...

Earth’s rotation is slowing as melting ice moves across the planet. New research says it’s driven by climate change and is ...

NBC's "Surviving Earth" explores Earth’s resilience spanning hundreds of millions of years and showcases prehistoric species ...

Life was pretty nice during the Ediacaran, so the need for sex was rather limited,” Emily Mitchell, a paleozoologist at the ...