Lavas from hotspots - -whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland -- likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in Earth's mantle, according to an evaluation of volcanic hotspots.
A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth’s ...
An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...
New NASA research reveals a process to generate extremely accurate eclipse maps, which plot the predicted path of the Moon’s ...
A newly discovered doughnut shape in Earth's outer core may reveal elements that help drive the formation of the planet's ...
The scientists said the landslide sent an estimated that 25 million cubic meters of rock and ice crashing into Dickson Fjord from a collapsing 1.2 kilometer-tall (roughly three-quarters of a mile high ...
New research suggests that small asteroid collisions could potentially alter Apophis’s trajectory, raising concerns about future risks.
Creating diamonds is now easier than ever as the machine needed to produce lab-grown stones is sold at Alibaba for $200,000.
The pressure created by earthquakes could trigger quartz veins to generate enough electricity to form large nuggets of gold, ...
Researchers found a new mechanism for particle formation in Earth's atmosphere, occurring when stratospheric air mixes with ...
For as long as scientists have studied trees, we have categorised them into two types based on the sort of wood they make.