The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...

A mysterious pulse beneath Africa's surface is reshaping the continent in ways that could change the world. Deep within the ...

No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads, smaller than grains of sand, formed ...

If reusable rockets turned the space-launch business on its head, Denver-based startup Lux Aeterna is betting that reusable satellites will ...

Visiting the castle of the dukes of Brittany (Château des Ducs de Bretagne) is one of the top things to do in Nantes France.

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

Tiny glass beads formed in the fires of explosive volcanic eruptions on the moon, and brought back to Earth by Apollo 17, ...

For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said reviving the Colosseum project is pivotal to bolstering America's critical minerals supply chain.

Astronomers are tracking a newly spotted comet hailing from parts unknown, only the third time such an interstellar object has been observed visiting our solar system. According to US space agency ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or melted by geologic processes over billions of years.