National Geographic questions what lies ahead for the planet—will it be saved or lost? So far, it’s impossible to predict. Greta wasn't the first to demand climate action. Meet more young ...

Distrust in science and facts has always been around. Whether it was the debate about evolution or the age of the Earth, when science and belief are in conflict, people tend to lean into discrediting ...

Scientists added a new shade to a graphical representation of global temperature change to keep up with our warming world. In the Highlands of Scotland, a series of last-ditch efforts are being ...

Start the day off right with a nutritious breakfast bowl of oatmeal, granola or whole-grain cereal topped with fresh fruit ...

But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies until Nov. 25 before returning to the solar system.

SpaceX has been putting wins on the board ever since the company—founded by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk—became the first privately funded group to put a payload in Earth orbit, in 2008.

Although much of this year's presidential campaign played out on TV, traditional media is being written off as old news while ...

An Oct. 11 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of Earth and another, larger planet beside it. "This is K2-18b, a potentially habitable planet covered with oceans and about 2.6 ...

Upcoming close approaches by Apophis While Apophis won’t collide with Earth, it will come very close on April 13, 2029. On that day, it will pass just 30,600 kilometres (19,000 miles ...

Learn about Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson (1916–2005) and how environmental disasters of his day inspired the creation of Earth Day in 1970. On December 7, 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts captured a now ...

WATCH: On Earth Day, Biden signs order to protect old-growth forests from wildfire President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order intended to help restore national forests devastated by ...