The 1968 photo of our blue planet inspired the global environmental movement. Now, NASA hopes to recapture that magic on ...

On March 18, 2026, the duo released their latest film in theaters: Project Hail Mary. The screenplay was written by Drew Goddard (World War Z, The Martian), and Ryan Gosling took the lead in a role ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field behaved in a way that has long baffled scientists, showing wild and seemingly chaotic shifts unlike anything seen before or since. A new study ...

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth.

The search for life on Mars involves the efforts of scientists from many different disciplines. An important aspect of that ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that life suddenly diversified during the Cambrian explosion ...

Earth Day is almost here. What is Earth Day? It’s an annual event celebrated on April 22nd when activities are held in t ...

After years of deep-sea sleuthing, National Geographic Explorer Katy Croff Bell has created a treasure map. It’s not drawn on ...

Did Earth’s major diversification event really happen in one sudden explosion? Our fossil discovery suggests not.