The surface of Earth's inner core may be shape-shifting ... dimensions of the shape change is a challenge, Vidale told Live Science. "We sort of expect that the motion could be on the order ...

Perhaps the falling of water, the most crucial element that sustains us, also played a greater role in the origin of life on Earth than we previously recognized.” Mindy Weisberger is a science ...

Earth’s climate has never been static. It shifts between warm interglacial periods and deep freezes, driven by complex interactions between the atmosphere, oceans, and even Earth’s orbit ...

according to a study published September 12 in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. “It’s statistically unusual that you would get 21 craters all relatively close to the equator.

This suggests the distinctive chemical signature of our continents was established at the very beginning of Earth's history. Professor Emeritus Simon Turner from the Faculty of Science and ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Earth’s core is pretty dynamic. Its spin speeds up and slows down ...

Send us an email at educate@sciencefriday.com. Written by veteran educators, each Down to Earth activity include a brief hands-on investigation, background information about related science and ...

In Chaos, by AIP Publishing, researchers from the University of Tsukuba and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan explored the likelihood that Earth's ...

All this happened about 4.5 billion years after Earth formed, with innumerable steps ... of the study published on Friday in the journal Science Advances, opens new tab. Physicist Brandon Carter ...

A massive space rock will go hurtling past Earth in a few years ... Binzel, a professor of planetary science at MIT. Apophis is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study asteroids like never ...

Kenneth Chang, a science reporter at The Times, covers NASA and the solar system, and research closer to Earth.