USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core.

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...

In 2023, samples from the asteroid Benu were returned to Earth for scientists to study ... out to the two separate research ...

Instead of relying on energy-hungry reactors to generate high temperatures and pressure, researchers are looking underground at Earth's natural heat and forces to cook up ammonia for fertilizer.

On top of breakthroughs in animal language, the Earth Species Project expects improved interspecies understanding will foster greater appreciation for the planet in the face of climate change.

The specimens contain the richest bounty of life-friendly extraterrestrial compounds ever brought to Earth. But that’s not all they contain. In an accompanying paper published in Nature today 2, other ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

New research uncovers unexpected ways atmospheric winds impact ocean eddies, influencing ocean weather patterns with greater ...