Keep reading to learn more about Earth's different layers, its atmosphere, and what makes the "blue planet" unique. Earth is made out of different layers, and those layers get hotter and more ...

"The moon flies through Earth's atmosphere," Igor Baliukin, a space physicist at Russia's Space Research Institute in Moscow, said in a European Space Agency (ESA) press release. "We were not ...

The atmosphere not only nourishes life on Earth, but it also protects it: It's thick enough that many meteorites burn up before impact from friction, and its gases—such as ozone—block DNA ...

A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.

Many human activities release polluting gases into the atmosphere, such as farming animals for food, burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Resources from the Earth Human activities use resources ...

Fossils Life processes can change the composition of the atmosphere. Fossils can tell scientists what living things were around at different times in Earth’s history. Evidence of early plants ...

Here are some fun facts about Earth as we celebrate this planet we live on for Earth Day. The Earth’s diameter at the equator is 7,926 miles. Sign up for our Newsletters Our atmosphere is made ...

This image of our planet is the closest we get to a real-time view of how carbon dioxide builds up in our atmosphere. Jan. 1 CO2 emitted by: Fossil fuels Fire Land Ocean Loading data ...

In addition to that, some scientists worry that the amount of metal that will be burning up in Earth's atmosphere as old satellites are deorbited could trigger unpredictable changes to the planet ...

Not having an atmosphere, which traps important gases like oxygen and water vapor, may render a planet uninhabitable, even if it were otherwise an Earth doppelganger. "Our Sun’s activity doesn ...