Microbes, after all, play enormously consequential roles in the world around us and within us—I should credit the trillions ...

We know Mars once had an active geological past, filled with water, volcanic activity, and dynamic geological changes. Now, ...

Some of the most dramatic climate events in history are the Snowball Earth episodes, which occurred hundreds of millions of ...

PT5 will only be in Earth’s orbit for a few weeks, from Sept. 29 until Nov. 25, but will remain close for a few months ...

Researchers created a curve of global mean surface temperature throughout deep time, providing context for understanding ...

At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...

A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...

Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet's history are "Snowball Earth" events that happened hundreds of ...

Beth Orcutt wants to learn more about life at the bottom of the ocean, to inform decision-making on deep sea mining.

Sylvia Earle, who graduated from Duke in 1956 and earned her Ph.D. here in 1966, is a renowned marine biologist, ...

You stand at the shore of a desolate ocean on a desolate world. As the dawn breaks, a strangely red star, 50 times larger ...

NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials gave a sneak peek into the upcoming Europa Clipper mission, the first NASA ...