By studying life deep inside a former gold mine, a Northwestern University-led team of scientists has uncovered evidence that ...
NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary ...
The desert floor in Ethiopia looks fixed and ancient, but it is moving. Across the Afar region and down the East African Rift ...
New research suggests Earth’s climate can swing wildly on surprisingly short timescales — even during hot, ice-free ...
Our planet may have had a recent change of heart. Earth’s inner core may have temporarily stopped rotating relative to the mantle and surface, researchers report in the January 23 Nature Geoscience.
Alexander Kefalopoulos, a junior student from Canyon Crest Academy, has been selected for the prestigious NASA STEM ...
At least part of the answer appears to be hiding inside a seemingly random organ. Immune cells inside pigeon livers called ...
While scientists debate the risks of tampering with our climate, scientists say there's already a huge geoengineering ...
Earth's current largest ocean, the Pacific, blankets more than 30% of the planet's surface, stretching 12,000 miles (19,000 kilometers) at its widest point, between Colombia and the Malay Peninsula, ...