Scientists have long debated whether most of Earth's vital liquid was delivered via icy comets or was homemade ...

Simulations suggest that two enormous masses of hot rock have been involved in generating Earth’s magnetic field and giving ...

A new scientific revelation reveals that deep in the Earth’s core lies a good amount of hydrogen as well as a large amount of ...

An airplane-sized asteroid labeled 2026 BJ8 is racing toward Earth at roughly 50,000 kilometers per hour, but NASA’s tracking shows it will pass at a safe distance. Rather than a disaster warning, the ...

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For decades, scientists puzzled over this D' layer. Now, groundbreaking ...

Far below the Earth’s surface, deep inside cracks and pores in solid rock, vast communities of microorganisms are quietly at ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye—yet they play a central role in the quality of our ...

Mountains may look like they've all been stagnant for thousands of years, but the life cycle of a mountain is actually quite fascinating. From mountain ranges in space, to why Earth isn’t a ...

For more than a quarter billion years, coral reefs did far more than brighten shallow seas. Long before humans appeared, ...

ARC Early Career Industry Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne Ben Mather receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Adriana Dutkiewicz ...

President Donald Trump’s renewed push to take control of Greenland has brought fresh attention to the Arctic island’s rare earth deposits, but industry experts say the challenges of mining there make ...