In April 2029, a 20-million ton asteroid once thought to pose a potentially catastrophic collision risk with the Earth will fly by our home. Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos and evil and ...

I remember working on my first Earth Day project as a kid in elementary school in Massachusetts, constructing two huge, makeshift Styrofoam spheres showing what our planet looked like at that time and ...

Earth's tropical rain belt, responsible for monsoons that sustain billions of people and vibrant ecosystems, has long been a reliable feature of the planet's climate. But new research reveals this ...