Earth’s continents may look permanent on a human timescale, but plate tectonics guarantees that the world map will continue changing long after we are gone. This video follows a reconstruction of ...

What happens at the end of our world? Scientists have found an Earth-like planet orbiting a star 4,000 light years away from the solar system that may reveal our planet’s ultimate fate. The rocky ...

NASA Artemis missions are working toward a near future where humans are an interplanetary species—lunar bases are planned by 2030 and a round trip to Mars in 2039. These planet-hopping people will ...

Discover how the African continent may eventually split along the East African Rift, transforming landscapes and possibly creating new oceans. Scientists warn that Earth’s future could see our planet ...

The future of the planet may not be the most comfortable of subjects to think about — from the threat of climate change to worry about world wars — but for astronomers, it's something to consider when ...

With Starmus Earth: The Future of Our Home Planet around the corner, we sat down with David Eicher, the Astronomy Magazine editor-in-chief and one of the event’s speakers, to hear his thoughts on a ...

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