Astronomy often focuses on objects that are vast distances from Earth – stars that are light-years away, galaxies that are ...

Courses offered through Saint Louis University’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences cover topics across a variety of subjects.

Deep-sea fish just changed what we know about Earth’s carbon cycle New research sheds light on the overlooked contribution of the ocean’s most abundant fish to marine carbon cycling. The ...

A 2012 astronaut photo shows the striking beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera, a "supervolcanic" structure home to more than a ...

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature could explain a climate shift at the time.

Time is not on your side this summer. The Earth is set to have three remarkably shorter than average days in the coming weeks as the Earth’s rotation unexpectedly accelerates, according to ...

Earth's rotation has been slowing ever since, mostly due to the moon's impact on Earth's oceans. Science has measured Earth's rotation subtly slowing down since official records began in 1973.

Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in ...

At first, the idea of bringing the Alien franchise to TV sounds about as dumb as getting into an elevator with a hungry xenomorph. But if anyone could translate Alien's cinematic thrills for the ...