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

The mantle transition zone (MTZ), which occurs 410–670 kilometers below Earth's surface, may store several oceans' worth of water. This water, which is carried to such depths by subducting tectonic ...

China is set to venture where humanity has scarcely been before: beneath the Earth's crust, into its mantle. To achieve this ...

SETI research often involves hunting for technosignatures—evidence of technology from distant civilizations. But how detectable is Earth to others with technology similar to our own? In a recent SETI ...

Scientists Crack Mystery Behind Large Slabs of the Earth's Crust That Went 'Missing' From Geological Records The Earth is no ...

Mar. 25, 2025 — A new study has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) from False Bay, South Africa ...

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Hollywood films would have you believe that the best way to deal with an Earth-threatening asteroid is to blast it out of orbit. But the European Space Agency (ESA) is looking at a far subtler ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said President Trump is “very close” to making a deal to gain access to Ukraine’s critical minerals as he pushes to end the war with Russia ...

Some fraction of them will be like Earth, though at the moment we don’t yet know what that fraction is. Still, with a total that huge, even a small fraction can yield a lot of habitable planets.