Back to Article List Brief history of earth imaging This Earth Day, we can remember one of the catalysts: an image of the entire Earth taken from above.

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

April 22 is Earth Day, which as been celebrated on this day since 1970. Here’s what you should know about its history.

Researchers have developed a new technique by studying the age of ancient grains of sand from beaches, rivers and rocks from around the world to reveal previously hidden details of the Earth&apos ...

This month, the National Museum of Natural History opened “ NASA’s Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History,” a new exhibition that gives museum visitors a dynamic ...

The history of Earth covers approximately 4 billion years (4,567,000,000 years), from Earth’s formation out of the solar nebula to the present. Earth formed as part of the birth of the solar ...

Accounts of total solar eclipses throughout history can reveal how Earth's rotation has changed. Newfound documents may prompt a rethinking of the planet's motion as far back as the fourth century.

Researchers will slowly melt the ice over the course of seven weeks, releasing ancient dust, volcanic ash, and diatoms, which ...

Zotov predicts Earth’s rotation may soon decelerate once again. If he’s right, this sudden speeding-up could prove to be just ...