Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

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

Northern peatlands could seriously complicate efforts to cool the planet, especially after a temporary overshoot of the 1.5°C ...

New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote ecosystems ...

Welcome to Cadillac Ranch, the gloriously bizarre roadside attraction just west of Amarillo that proves everything really is bigger in Texas – including automotive art installations. In a state known ...

The transient field-frequency domain of magnetic dipole in a two-layered conducting Earth has been studied. It is obtained as a summation of waveguide modes plus contributions from branch cuts in the ...

The findings come on the heels of an April 10 HT report, which revealed how two private contractors were flouting scientific ...

Celebrate National Meteor Watch Day on June 30 with tips on when, where and how to see meteors during this easy, ...

A nuclear war would be devastating and spread radiation to nearly every corner of the globe, but an expert has revealed the ...

A recently published study has revealed a little-known tectonic process unfolding beneath Turkey’s Central Anatolian Plateau, ...

The original map to Earth, designed by Frank Drake, uses 14 pulsars to point toward home. Until recently, the earliest draft of Drake’s map lived in his closet, tucked into a tomato box.