Could 2,000 years of belief be wrong? Are we in fact living on a disc rather than a globe? One believer from the Flat Earth Society is determined to find out. 'Mad' Mike Hughes is all set to build his ...

Scientists used a new technique to estimate the abundance of hydrogen in Earth’s core. - Tumeggy/Science Photo Library RF/Getty Images Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the ...

Planet Earth's success in staying habitable for billions of years is partly down to luck, according to a new study. A mass simulation experiment suggests most planets would not have been able to cope ...

Could 2,000 years of belief be wrong? Are we in fact living on a disc rather than a globe? One believer from the Flat Earth Society is determined to find out. “Mad” Mike Hughes is all set to build his ...

This year's equinox will occur this week An equinox experiment can demonstrate the Earth's curvature Shadows would be identical if the Earth were flat This year’s equinox, which marks the first day of ...

In the early 1990s, a small team tried to survive in a hermetically sealed space containing replicas of Earth's ecosystems. Their trials and discoveries still have repercussions today. Glittering in ...

Explore our campus, meet lecturers and current students, and learn more about what it's like to study at Manchester. Research in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences covers three main ...

Scientists cannot be sure about the early atmosphere since it formed so long ago. They can only analyse evidence from other sources.

Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now multiply that by nine. That may be the amount of hydrogen in Earth’s core, possibly making it ...