Earth's mantle may have been cooler than thought before Pangea's breakup

When the supercontinent Pangea began to fragment around 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic, it reshaped the face of the planet. Vast new oceans opened, continents drifted apart and the ...

42 years of measuring the sun, the Earth and the energy in between

On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a ...

Norway’s Century-Long Watch on the Northern Lights

The nation’s northern region has led the scientific quest to understand the aurora borealis. This summer, a 10,000-antenna ...

A Massive Rift Is Splitting Africa In Half—And May Form Earth’s Sixth Ocean, Scientists Say

In northeast Ethiopia, the rift shoved continental plates apart by 25 feet in just a few days, completely shocking ...

Scientists Tested the Soil Under the Easter Island Statues—and May Have Finally Solved Their Meaning

But archaeologists and soil scientists studying the ancient Moai believe they’ve uncovered the meaning of the famous statues.
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The Ancient Greek Philosophers That Knew About America

Ancient Greek philosophers envisioned a fourth continent across the Atlantic, anticipating America centuries before Columbus.

The Truth About Wormholes: Einstein’s “Bridge” May Rewrite Time Itself

Einstein–Rosen bridges may reflect a two-directional structure of time that preserves information and hints at a pre–Big Bang universe.