With an underlying universal theme of convection, a new textbook introduces upper-level geology, geophysics, physics, and engineering students to the geophysics behind the Earth System.

Large soda lakes may have provided the high phosphorus levels needed for life to begin on Earth, offering a new explanation ...

A four-person crew will spend three to five days aboard a SpaceX capsule orbiting above the poles of Earth — a flight path ...

In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of ...

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...

What drives us to send probes throughout the Solar System and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet.

The new work has taken female mice into space to live on board the International Space Station (ISS) for 37 days and observed ...

Laid out like an orchestra in a quiet gallery room, 40 colorful gems have one of the planet’s most distinguished conductors: a red diamond, 2.33 of the rarest carats in the world, shining like a ...

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

Two hard-hit cities in Myanmar suffered extensive damage, with images from the capital, Naypyidaw, showing rescue crews ...