NASA presents a plan to explore the interior of the Moon using robotic experiments, without the need for astronauts.

A tiny algae recently discovered in India is helping to reconstruct how the oceans moved millions of years ago.

A team of scientists has uncovered ancient fossils in Morocco that challenge conventional theories about the origins of life on Earth.

In the 1860s, white settlers flocked to what would become Marysvale, where the Deer Trail Mine is now located, with high hopes to strike gold, silver, and copper. By the 1930s, though, most of the ...

The planet that appears so steady beneath our feet is, in reality, subtly reorienting itself in space. As ice melts, oceans swell and groundwater is pumped from deep aquifers, the balance of mass on ...

The "beast" Maps — called Leviathan, dragon, snake and more by some — is actually just a byproduct of the tectonic plates ...

The "beast" on Google Maps — called Leviathan, dragon, snake and more by some — is actually just a byproduct of the tectonic plates beneath our feet.

Glaciers have never been still. They move again and again often in step with the seasons. Scientists have known this for a ...

NASA’s GNEISS mission will use rockets and ground sensors to map three-dimensional electrical currents in auroras, offering direct measurements of auroral pathways in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...

Two representatives from NASA have joined the team of U.S. Drought Monitor authors. The monitor is hosted by the National ...

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...