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

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the ...

What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study ...

Clouds play an important role in regulating the climate. Bright ones at low altitudes generally reflect solar energy away, ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

Life on Earth won’t suddenly end—it will fizzle out with a slow, irreversible decline. But despite the long time span, researchers are urging the importance of preparation and adaptation for ...

NASA has given industry a new glimpse at how it plans to conduct the recompete of a contract for scientific research services to aid a team that focuses on hydrosphere, biosphere and geophysics.

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets. Four billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless world, but a dynamic one. Crashing waves ...

Lightning strikes in the atmosphere can trigger a rain of high-powered “killer electrons” in low-Earth orbit that form harmful streams of radiation, new research suggests.

The origin of life on Earth has long remained a mystery. Cosmic dust may have helped to kick-start life on Earth, new research suggests. The findings challenge a widely held assumption that this ...

LONDON — Picture this: A tsunami taller than the Tower of Pisa, a fjord transformed into nature’s bathtub, and the entire Earth vibrating like a tuning fork for over a week. It might sound like the ...