Earth’s climate has long been shaped by subtle but powerful shifts in its orbit. These slow, predictable changes drive the ...

A new celestial object, a quasi-moon, has been discovered in Earth’s orbit. This cosmic companion has been circling our planet unnoticed for decades, possibly up to 60 years, and is now redefining our ...

On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climates trajectory. (Santa Barbara, ...

Shifts in the earth's climate made sex between Neanderthals and Denisovans more common, a new study has found. The study by researchers at South Korea's Pusan National University, which had been ...

A few years ago, an international team of researchers went to the middle of the Pacific Ocean and drilled down five kilometers below sea level in an effort to uncover secrets about the earth’s climate ...

Changes in Earth's orbit that favored hotter conditions may have helped trigger a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago. Researchers found the shape of Earth's orbit, or eccentricity, and ...

Scientists have captured the first direct image of two black holes orbiting each other inside quasar OJ287, confirming a theory debated for over four decades. The discovery, made using data from the ...

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.