The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting ...

Tropospheric scintillation on Earth-space paths greatly increases at low elevation angles and/or higher carrier frequencies, may impair low margin systems, and can interfere with the power control ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

A groundbreaking discovery in northern Quebec has confirmed the existence of Earth's oldest known rocks, dating back 4.16 ...

A hidden box-lattice suggests groundwater sculpted Mars long after surface water fled; Curiosity’s drills aim to confirm the ...

Supernovae, these gigantic stellar explosions, release a phenomenal amount of energy. This energy travels through space, ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Antimony selenosulfide (Sb2(S,Se)3) solar cells are emerging as a strong candidate for next-generation thin-film ...

New images from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover show the first close-up views of a region scientists had previously observed only ...

Researchers now appreciate that gas planets are more complex than first thought. New findings have implications for our ...