Tidal action pumping warmer sea water on the underside of the massive Thwaites Glacier will “inexorably” accelerate its ...

Rising temperatures are thought to reduce the number of ice crystals in clouds, leading to the formation of liquid-dominated clouds. However, a new study has found that Arctic warming is causing an ...

A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...

The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical ...

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...

Ever since the invention of the telescope, humans have looked to the planet Saturn in awe of its magnificent system of rings.

Did Earth once look a lot more like Saturn? Scientists believe the answer is yes! In a groundbreaking study, researchers in ...

Ever since the invention of the telescope, humans have looked to the planet Saturn in awe of its magnificent system of rings.

The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.

Long extinct, they won’t be found but fossils of some of them and other creatures unearthed during construction of the ...

This cooling event occurred during the late Ordovician period, around 445–443 million years ago, and is characterized by a significant global glaciation that led to widespread ice sheets, especially ...