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Human composting is and is emerging as an alternative to cremation and burial that is friendlier to the climate and the Earth ...

Twenty years ago today a magnetar’s epic tantrum made our planet ring like a bell from tens of thousands of light-years away ...

Standing tall with a vertical drop of an astonishing 11,500 feet (3,500 meters), it’s over three times the height of the ...

The world's oldest rocks are spread across the globe and paint a picture of Earth's turbulent early history. Here are some of ...

Recent testimony and several reports have exposed possible UFO sightings across the country amid national attention on ...

The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.

Present-Day Plate Boundaries: This model improves upon existing models, incorporating attributes from geophysical, ...

The astronauts on the I.S.S. — including two who were scheduled to return months ago — held a zero-gravity cookie-decorating ...

Pictures from the International Space Station do not disappoint, from comets and northern lights to giant hurricanes and ...

Where is the snowiest place on Earth? Snow enthusiasts have been discussing it for a long time, but there’s no consensus.