Stromatolites: You Can't Spell Mold Without Old One of the big problems with Kelvin's estimates for the age of the Earth was ...

PROF. PERRY and I had not to wait long after the publication of his article “On the Age of the Earth” (NATURE, January 3, 1895, pp. 224–227) to learn that there was no ground for the ...

Natural cycles in Earth's rotational axis and its orbit around the sun drive climatic changes, and now researchers have ...

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests ...

Astronauts who live at the International Space Station for a long period of time will find that their aging process will slow ...

Even more striking? If these patterns hold true, the next ice age could arrive within 11,000 years. For decades, scientists have suspected that Earth’s changing orbit plays a crucial role in ...

Regular changes in Earth's orbit and axial tilt may have triggered the start and end of ice ages over the past 800,000 years. | Credit: Gregory Adams/Getty Images Changes in Earth's tilt relative ...

Wilmore, 62, and Williams, 59, are aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Capsule called “Freedom,” which is set to re-enter Earth ...