A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...

For a telescope that spends much of its time listening to faint spectra, the James Webb Space Telescope has also learned how ...

Microplastics in our oceans are potentially distorting scientists' understanding of how carbon moves through the ocean.

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.

They thought ammonia-oxidizing microbes were doing the work. But the real carbon fixers were hiding in plain sight.

The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center turned 60 this year. We're celebrating with six of our favorite stories since ...

More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical lake. The setting likely ...

Through the analyses of gases and fluids preserved within salt crystals, the team extended the direct record of Earth’s ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like modern-day Death Valley evaporated under the sun's gentle heat, leaving behind ...

In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California’s Pacific coast. The team collected untold plant and animal specimens, ...

Scientists have discovered that tiny particles of cosmic dust may play a much more important role in creating the building blocks of life than previously thought. Instead of just floating quietly ...