The Earth is really, really old. Over 4 1/2 billion years old, in fact. How do we begin to comprehend a number that large? It helps to put it on a more fathomable scale. Watch to see where Earth's ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Earth is really, really old. Over 4 1/2 billion years old, in fact. How do we begin to comprehend a number that large? It helps to put it on a more fathomable ...

It is the first time Earth's geological record has been used ... which you can see in the animation below. The work, led by ...

Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...

Earth’s oceans are absolutely terrifying ... which is why one YouTuber made an animation to showcase it. The animation was shared on YouTube over a year ago and shows in painstaking detail ...

A new animation depicts that process with unprecedented ... tracking its distance from Earth, apparent size relative to our planet, and the speed of its retreat over time. "My animations were ...