Sporadic E layers lit up during a solar storm, moving from poles to equator—surprising researchers and revealing potential ...

A groundbreaking study published inGeophysical Research Letters has revealed that Earth’s North and South Poles are shifting ...

NASA has released spectacular new images of Jupiter's vast swirling clouds. The images were captured by NASA's Juno ...

The record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa. A tree-ringed African ...

Satellites in polar orbits usually travel around Earth from, roughly, one pole to the other, rather than from west to east. They do not need to pass exactly over the North and South Poles ...

A group of astronauts whizzing around Earth from orbit are getting some pretty spectacular views of our planet's poles – and SpaceX is sharing a look. The four international astronauts are on a ...

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"During the great freezing," says Schrag, "carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere dropped, the earth's temperature fell to around 58 degrees below zero, and the ice covered everything — ocean ...