Geologists studying some of the planet's oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new evidence that water was playing a major ...

(Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) If potted plants always seem to die under your care, you can take solace in ...

A surprising reversal in molten iron flow beneath the Pacific is giving scientists a sharper view of how Earth’s magnetic ...

The probe will conduct a detailed scientific survey of the asteroid and send a sample back to Earth for further analysis.

A rocky world orbiting inside the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf has drawn interest from astronomers. The exoplanet ...

A decade of NASA airborne radar surveys produces the most extensive inventory of glacier ice thickness for Alaska and northwestern Canada to date.

Nearly 660 kilometers (410 miles) beneath Earth's surface lies one of the planet's most important internal boundaries. Known ...

It's called 469219 Kamo'oalewa, Hawaiian for 'wobbling celestial object'.

Less than 30% of the world’s ocean floor has been mapped to modern standards, meaning scientists still have a clearer view of ...

A new global study is offering a clearer view of how some of the world’s most valuable mineral deposits form, tracing their ...

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...