The Department of Geology has changed its name to the Department of Earth Sciences to better reflect the breath of its work.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo Department of Geology is about much more than rocks and minerals. Its faculty and ...

Eight-year-old Ella Doran adorably shares her take on science alongside her mom, Kara, an oceanographer at the USGS. While doing a fun experiment together, Kara explains her work studying coastal ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned from space with a sample of an asteroid named Bennu and scientists got to dive into a tale ...

New findings reveal that a NASA mission traveled to an asteroid that may have once been covered in salty lakes containing ...

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Scientists have been left baffled after a massive new hole, 62 times the size of Earth, has been discovered on the surface of the sun. Graphic visualisation of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

"The origin and diversification of complex life on Earth remains one of the most profound and enduring questions in natural science," said Jingjun Liu, a doctoral student in Earth and planetary ...

Jan. 30, 2025 — Experts from the global Earth science community have pieced together what happened during the massive Sikkim flood to try to help others prepare for similar ... Sharks and Rays ...