If climate modellers’ accumulated knowledge and spiffy models could not explain what had just happened, it might mean that ...
A pair of geologists with the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, has created a model that shows Earth's subsurface may hold up ...
How does the Earth generate its magnetic field? While the basic mechanisms seem to be understood, many details remain ...
“Familiar” black holes, if you can call them that, typically form in the wake of dying stars that collapse inwards.
Indeed it is. According to the UNCCD, the transformation over the three studied decades is leading to loss of GDP, forced ...
The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...
A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...
An asteroid was pegged to hit Earth “imminently,” according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).
Scientists have revived the theory that short-period comets could have played a crucial role in filling Earth's oceans with ...
A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing ...
How is the International Space Station able to orbit without burning up? – Mateo, age 8, New York, New York ...