If you were to arrive in our solar system never having seen it before, you’d be impressed with variety. Giant gas planets with rings, moons spanning from minuscule to enormous, icy comets that hurtle ...

There are seven continents on Earth, or so we learned in school. But it turns out that these designations are not as straightforward as they seem, and different scientists have different views on how ...

Across the planet, water makes up 71% of Earth’s surface. The remaining space is covered by land — continents and islands. Before Earth’s land formed the seven continents in the present day, all the ...

Continents are huge and home to lots of different people, cultures, countries, sceneries, animals, and more! But, what would the Earth look like if all those landmasses were smushed together like some ...

A team of paleontologists found matching dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents, separated by thousands of miles of ocean. The footprints, dating back to the Early Cretaceous ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The impressive escarpments that line the coasts of continents speak to a geologic break-up that occurred ...

If you've seen a world map or travelled to Australia then you'll know just how far away it is from other continents - but this is slowly (very, very slowly) changing. In fact, the continent is ...

Three continents are in the grip of deadly extreme heat, and Sardinia, a southern region of Italy, is projected to hit 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) Tuesday. We’ve collected insightful ...

The Paris Olympics came to an end on Sunday night with an exciting closing ceremony to bid farewell to the games in which the best athletes from across the world competed for glory and the shiny ...