A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system ...

Through the analyses of gases and fluids preserved within salt crystals, the team extended the direct record of Earth’s ...

They occur globally but are especially significant on the West Coast of the United States, where they create 30% to 50% of annual precipitation and are vital to water supplies but also can cause ...

Earth's seasons look very different at locations not far from each other, 20 years' worth of satellite data reveals. Earth's seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the ...

This 20-kilometer-thick anomaly isn’t tied to any known volcanic system and its mysterious origin could change Earth science ...

Almost 100 sensors beside the Federal Highway are helping build the clearest picture yet of the fault beneath the iconic lake.

Chang’e-6 lunar samples reveal chondrites on Moon’s farside, offering clues to water’s origins across the Solar System now.

A long-lost fragment of Earth's crust has just been uncovered beneath the icy waters near Greenland—rewriting what scientists ...

USA News Group News Commentary – The Department of Defense is accelerating unmanned platform deployment across air, sea, land, space, and ...

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and ...

A rare earthquake in Myanmar revealed how a long, mature fault can transmit energy directly to the surface. The discovery may change how scientists evaluate the danger posed by major faults around the ...

Across the United States, scientists who track the country’s most powerful volcano systems are picking up new signals that deserve close attention, but not panic. From the restless magma reservoir ...