Oxygen is a vital and constant presence on Earth today. But that hasn't always been the case. It wasn't until around 2.3 ...

“The most direct damage [to a satellite] can be from the [solar] flare. The flare can arrive at a satellite in about eight minutes.” The quotation is typically interpreted as a warning of speed: the ...

Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Mississippi lies a natural wonderland that feels like it was plucked from another ...

Tennessee hides a wilderness masterpiece that deserves to be on your bucket list immediately. Savage Gulf State Park in ...

Physicists have found a way to measure how long ultra-fast quantum events actually take—without using a clock at all.

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.

National Geographic joined a 50-day voyage to understand the mysterious creatures of the ice-locked southern continent.

New fossil find reveals a miniature dinosaur species once mistaken for a juvenile, offering fresh clues about early plant-eating dinosaurs.

On a bright morning in Hawaii Kai, you pull into a gas station. The Koolau cliffs glow. Trade­winds stir the palms. You slide ...

Some 66 million years ago, life on Earth had a pretty bad day. The infamous Chicxulub asteroid slammed into the planet. The ...