Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

The Ticking Clock of Earth’s Core Collapse ...

Out in our Solar System there is still a class of cosmic objects we’ve never closely examined, metallic asteroids. They’re orbiting the Sun out there in the vacuum of space, but now NASA scientists ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...

The findings could transform researchers’ understanding of plate tectonics and how plate movement might be shaped by these ancient, fixed anchors near Earth’s core, Deuss said. Further ...

A small blue dwarf galaxy passed through the massive Bullseye galaxy. This impact created nine rings of new stars.

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the ...

New assessment warns area the size of the USA will become too hot during extreme heat events for even healthy young humans to maintain a safe body temperature if we hit 2 degrees Celsuis above ...

A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the ...