New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered long carbon chains on Mars. On Earth, molecules like these are overwhelmingly produced ...

This system is Earth’s structure, together with the internal workings and surface processes, that determine its evolution and current dynamic state. Our scientists study the Earth, and other planets, ...

Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) is capable of finely characterizing the velocity structure, anisotropy, viscoelasticity, and attenuation properties of subsurface media, which provides critical ...

A University of Vienna study suggests that the solar system's movement through the galaxy affected Earth's climate millions ...

As the solar system moved through this dust-rich region, Earth may have received an increased influx of interstellar particles.

One of the worrying consequences of climate change is the rising sea level. This situation threatens many territories, ...

Few other scientific drilling ships exist – and none of this caliber. There is Japan’s Chikyū with a maximum drilling depth ...

Despite having been studied from every possible point of view and angle, the Earth will remain a mystery to most people. Studies of its structure are incomplete, especially after t ...

Deep beneath Earth’s surface, researchers have discovered an ancient seafloor buried for millions of years. This unexpected ...