Researchers find that Earth’s orbital rhythms influenced sediment and organic preservation in Jurassic shale deposits.

While the Milankovitch Cycles operate on timescales far longer than human lifespans, their effects are always at play.

The Earth's next ice age is expected to begin in about 11,000 years -- unless human-caused global warming disrupts natural cycles. That's according to a new study published Thursday in Science, which ...

On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climates trajectory. (Santa Barbara, ...

Asteroid 2025 PN7 orbits Earth similarly to the moon but is a quasi-satellite. The asteroid poses no threat and will never come closer than 4 million kilometers to Earth. Other quasi-satellites ...

Shifts in the earth's climate made sex between Neanderthals and Denisovans more common, a new study has found. The study by researchers at South Korea's Pusan National University, which had been ...

While Mars doesn't directly control Earth's climate, its gravity subtly influences our planet's orbit and tilt over vast timescales. These predictable ...