Interactions between Earth and the solar system have profoundly shaped the planet’s history, influencing evolution and climate. One striking example is the asteroid impact 66 million years ago ...

In about 200 million years, the length of a day on Earth should reach 25 hours ... rocks suggested that about 1 or 2 billion years ago, the length of a day stalled at 19 hours for around a ...

Similar-shaped to dolphins and sharks, ichthyosaurs - often misidentified as ‘swimming dinosaurs’ - swam the seas of the Earth for millions of years during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous ...

Our planet's Moon might look dead and stagnant from our vantage point here on Earth, but a new study suggests it was moving about just a 'hot minute' ago.

Around 370 million years ago, Earth gradually descended into the longest ... per million or ppm), reaching minimum values of about 200 ppm about 298 million years ago around the boundary between ...