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Look! 3.7 Billion-Year-Old Rocks Reveal The Oldest Evidence of Earth’s Magnetic Field

Our planet was a different place when these rocks formed.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

If One of These Stars Explodes the Radioactive Atoms Could Decimate Life on Earth

Most of these cataclysms are remote, but when they occur closer to home, they can pose a threat to life on Earth.

ByChris Impey and The Conversation
Science

Dune 2's Wildest Scene Has a Real-Life Counterpart on Earth

Take a fishing trip.

ByElana Spivack
Science

This Exoplanet 580 Light-Years From Earth Might Have Seasons Just Like Ours

It all comes down to the planet’s tilt.

ByThe Conversation and Gongjie Li
Space

ALMA Telescope Detects “At Least 3 Times” More Water Than On Earth In A Nearby Protoplanetary Disk

Planet formation and wet paper towels have something in common.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

This Hellish Version of Earth Has Lava Oceans

Surf's up — if you dare.

ByKiona Smith
Future Earth 2021

What will Earth look like in 2121? 10 young leaders give their predictions

What do you hope Earth looks like in 2121?

ByKayla Hui
How to Save the Earth

Bill Gates is funding a controversial climate fix that could save the Earth — or doom it

To its advocates, Solar Radiation Modification is cheap, easy to do, and it can be done on a global scale. Whether or not you think it is brilliant, SRM is controversial.

ByAlexis Schwartz
How to Save the Earth

If humans go to Mars, we need an Earth Flag — here’s why

Opinion: We are approaching the point when humans make the leap off Earth and onto other planets. When we get there, how will we represent ourselves?

ByOskar Pernefeldt
Profile

Ariel Ekblaw Wants To Go to Space So We Can Save Earth

The 30-year-old founder of MIT’s Space Exploration Initiative is engineering small wonders with a big goal: making sure Earth remains our home.

ByClaire Cameron
Gaming

A brief history of video game poop

A trail of turds from Earthbound to Death Stranding.

ByDe'Angelo Epps
The Inverse Interview

Chiwetel Ejiofor reveals how he created his "own alien" for 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'

The new sequel series 'The Man Who Fell to Earth,' stars Chiwetel Ejiofor as the titular alien. Here's how the award-winning actor took on a new sci-fi story set in a David Bowie universe.

ByRyan Britt

How to build an Earthship

The trials and tribulations of going way off the grid in Taos, New Mexico.

ByNick Aspinwall
Innovation

50 years ago, a powerful satellite overcame opposition and changed how we understand Earth forever

Landsat-1 gave us images of Earth like never before.

ByAllie Hutchison
Gaming

Can Earth's mightiest heroes take on Fortnite?

Marvel's Avengers wants to let you hang out with your friends in the Marvel universe.

ByJen Glennon
SpaceTime

30 years ago, an international space mission radically changed how we see Earth

The predecessor the ISS still gets its day in the Sun.

ByAllie Hutchison
Future Earth 2121

The future of Earth is 5 other planets

And one bonus prize.

ByJohn Wenz
Sound of science

1 overlooked human action could be destroying entire ecosystems

A ripple effect is transmitting through nature.

ByTara Yarlagadda
Around the World

Undiscovered animals could be hiding in these 4 Earth locations

A new map reveals there is a potential treasure trove of animals awaiting discovery.

ByTara Yarlagadda
Fluffy

Earth-like clouds on Mars reveal a striking similarity between the planets

So different, and yet so alike.

ByJennifer Walter
Get back

Look: Supermassive black holes close to Earth predicted to collide

So close, yet so far.

ByJennifer Walter
Thanks, NASA!

15 NASA inventions that make life on Earth better

ByRobin Bea
This week in Science

Near-Earth asteroid and more: Understand the world through 9 images

The biggest science stories of April 7–14.

ByRobin Bea
Water watch

NASA's newest satellite could provide the clearest picture ever of all the water on Earth

A new satellite can monitor water level changes almost anywhere on Earth.

ByRobin Bea
burn baby burn

Earth could have been a scorching, Venus-like world save for this one thing

ByPassant Rabie
small but mighty

We finally know how many ants are crawling the Earth right now

It’s a lot.

ByJennifer Walter
Reading list

Look: 82 species tell the story of extinction in a new book

ByJennifer Walter
The Moon

You can thank the Moon for life on Earth

ByJoAnna Wendel
Home Sweet Home

Superbubble study maps Earth’s cosmic neighborhood for the first time

The invisible force shaping our corner of the Universe.

ByRobin Bea
Trendsetter

Look: Ancient cat-like creature was one of the first hypercarnivores on Earth

Long before the saber-tooth tiger, there was Diegoaelurus.

ByJennifer Walter