How does the Earth generate its magnetic field? While the basic mechanisms seem to be understood, many details remain ...

A pair of geologists with the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, has created a model that shows Earth's subsurface may hold up ...

When it comes to mice, the freeze-dried mouse sperm Wakayama is currently storing aboard the ISS will return to Earth in 2025 ...

In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir ...

Trillions of tons of hydrogen gas are likely buried in rocks and reservoirs beneath Earth's surface, but researchers aren't ...

“Familiar” black holes, if you can call them that, typically form in the wake of dying stars that collapse inwards.

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater ...

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 ...

One day on Earth is typically understood to last 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds. However, the amount of time it takes for our ...

Ever sit up late at night, dazed and pondering about ancient earth? Like, what was it like when the dinosaurs roamed the ...

Wildfires and thawing permafrost are causing the region to release more carbon dioxide than its plants remove, probably for ...