"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

How does the Earth’s orbit influence our daylight and temperatures? As the Earth orbits the sun, it spins around an axis – picture a stick going through the Earth, from the North Pole to the South ...

Today, science can narrow down potential oil reserves with surprising accuracy — especially when it comes to shale oil, found ...

Cosmic events like asteroid impacts or supernovae could destroy life on Earth. Our Sun is gradually getting hotter, eventually boiling Earth's oceans. Life on Earth is not permanent; it will end due ...

I started in Newark, but Fort Ancient probably offers the best introduction to the Hopewell culture in Ohio, thanks to the park’s large museum on Ohio’s American Indian history. The museum covers ...