The looming demise of three NASA satellites has scientists bracing for the loss of climate and atmospheric data — especially ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Surviving the ‘Great Dying’ During the “Great Dying” around 252 million years ago, approximately 80 percent of marine species disappeared from the face of the Earth. During the ... everywhere ...

An analysis of changes to global ecosystems has revealed that almost nowhere is untouched by the influence of humanity, with ...

That distinction belongs to the Permian-Triassic extinction or the Great Dying ... 90 percent of all species on Earth were wiped out and the biosphere of the planet was completely altered.

2025 DM7 is not the only asteroid within the vicinity of our planet today. Another bus-sized space rock, "2025 DT24," also skimmed past the Earth this morning. And two airplane-sized asteroids ...

The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," took place 251.9 million years ago. At that time, the supercontinent Pangea was in the process of breaking up, but all land on ...

NASA is tracking a car-sized asteroid that's soaring past Earth today at around 15,000 miles ... as "2025 DQ" is expected to zoom past our planet at a distance of about 186,000 miles, according ...