Astronomers believe they have uncovered evidence of a previously unknown ninth planet lurking in the not-too-distant reaches of the solar system. This hypothetical world, dubbed "Planet Y," could be ...

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As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you're along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication ...

Ah, Earth. We may not think about our planet on a day-to-day basis, but the world we live in is a pretty interesting place. The third rock from the Sun—and to this day, the only one with known ...

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For nearly twenty years, satellites have quietly gauged the flow of sunlight and heat through the Earth’s atmosphere. Today, scientists say those measurements indicate a disturbing trend — the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The radiation budget between the northern and southern hemisphere is steadily widening. A new study suggests that this gap is due to radiation ...

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects of viscosity in their simulation, they revealed a self-sustaining dynamo ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s ...

Researchers are still learning about Earth’s deep mantle and the boundary between the rocky layer and our planet’s liquid outer core, but the lower section of the mantle is largely made up of ...

A director of Planet Labs exercised an option to acquire more than 375,000 shares of the Earth imaging company and sold them on the same day, securities filings show.

A weak spot in the Earth's magnetic field is growing over the South Atlantic Ocean, according to more than a decade's worth of satellite data collected by scientists. The magnetic field surrounding ...