The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

A 2010 satellite image shows dozens of golden islands covered with strange parallel lines shining among the shallow waters of a massive, half-full ephemeral lake in Australia's Great Sandy Desert.

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While reading the article in the Globe, “As birthrates plummet globally ... Thomas Malthus warned that the human population on Earth was far outpacing the planet’s ability to support it.

People travel from around the world to see the fall foliage in Maine's Acadia National Park Credit: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images Earth is made up of a kaleidoscope of colors—from the ...

Insurance giant Globe Life, which provides life and health insurance policies to millions of Americans, says it is being extorted by a hacker that has stolen customers’ sensitive data.

Insurance giant Globe Life says an unknown threat actor attempted to extort money in exchange for not publishing data stolen from the company's systems earlier this year. Founded in 1900 ...

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the ...