A groundbreaking discovery in northern Quebec has confirmed the existence of Earth's oldest known rocks, dating back 4.16 ...

Professor Joshua Hardt helps lead a seismic monitoring project to enhance public understanding of science in West Texas.

Understanding how wildfires influence our planet's climate is a daunting challenge. Although fire occurs nearly everywhere on ...

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.

Researchers at the universities of Amsterdam and Utrecht have observed the formation of nanocavities in montmorillonite clay ...

"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...

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

Recent observations have revealed carbon monoxide venting from the largest comet ever seen, providing clues about its origins ...

Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...

A clay-rich mesa in the Hellas basin of Mars. The blue color near the rim is aluminum bearing clays. The red-orange color below that is iron and magnesium bearing clays. The image captures an area ...