Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

There's so much to celebrate in the month of April. The fourth month of the calendar year ushers in warm weather, tulips and Earth Day, the global celebration of our planet and all its splendor. The ...

JACKIE. YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT’S A REALLY NICE DAY OUT HERE. OF COURSE, WE’VE GOT THE SUN SHINING ON THIS EARTH DAY. A LITTLE BREEZY, SO MY HAIR HAS BEEN KIND OF GOING HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE. A ...

The Smithsonian partners with NASA to present the Earth Information Center, a larger-than-life display that visualizes interconnected changes on the planet Jack Tamisiea The museum's newest exhibition ...

Earth Day is one of the most popular and widespread non-religious holidays in the world, recognized in over 100 nations across continents. Although the event was primarily based in the United States, ...

While Earth Day, observed annually on April 22, may not be a major holiday that’s widely celebrated outside of classrooms, it’s more than worthy of honoring. After all, without Earth, where would we ...

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than 2,000 years old. The General Sherman giant sequoia is the largest known ...

Earth is full of surprising secrets that sometimes seem like they belong in science fiction stories. From strange natural events to hidden places deep underground or in the oceans, many facts about ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson shows off the Earth Information Center during a ribbon cutting ceremony June 21. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky WASHINGTON — NASA inaugurated a public center designed to ...

What if there was a ‘replica’ of the Earth? The European Union (EU) began finalizing plans for a digital Earth ‘twin’ last fall, and now, scientists are working to build it. When complete, it will ...

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