Scientists find that deep molten rock can power long-lasting magnetic fields, helping large rocky planets hold onto their ...

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how ...

Combined chemical and hydrodynamic modeling offers a powerful tool beyond Jupiter. Scientists can apply similar techniques to Uranus, Neptune, and gas rich exoplanets. Such planets remain difficult to ...

The Artemis II mission, which could launch next week, will return American astronauts to lunar space for the first time in more than a half-century. It’s about time, Faimon Roberts says.

Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.

Researchers from the labs of Professors Vinayak Dravid and Omar Farha developed a high-resolution approach to map ...

The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory.

This illustrated geologic timescale of Earth focuses on the landscapes, flora and fauna of the West, drilling into the region’s deep history.

Many spine-bearing creatures, or vertebrates, have a curious bit of tissue deep in their brains called the pineal gland. It ...

The King's Trough Complex is a several-hundred-kilometer-long, canyon-like system of trenches on the North Atlantic seafloor.

When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It's easy to imagine the ...