With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate ...

Plants do more than photosynthesize - some of them make gold. Scientists in Finland found gold particles inside Norway spruce ...

Rivers in northern Sweden do not always become wider or richer in species further downstream. Natural barriers shape the flow ...

The aurora borealis is a spectacle of space weather, but solar flares and coronal mass ejections have far more Earthly ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Aerosols may conjure deodorant sprays, but in this context, they refer to a broad class of airborne particles that are ...

A groundbreaking study published today in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) journal Earth System Dynamics provides a critical and previously ...

A study supported by NASA has shown that Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere, which makes our planet hospitable for humans and animals, will not last forever. In fact, scientists now believe that Earth's ...

Study finds evidence of a possible star explosion 10 million years ago by discovering unusually high levels of cosmic rays in ...

Believe it or not, many astronomers would describe the planet Venus as Earth's “evil twin.” After all, it is the same size, ...

NASA's 2025 astronaut class doesn't seem to include any Black recruits, a first in 40 years at the space agency. Officials would not discuss it.

What do magnets, smartphones and medical imaging devices have in common? They all depend on rare earth elements called ...