Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Gaining insight could help understand the timing and process of life's emergence. A research team led by a Rutgers-New ...

Researchers found evidence that the Earth's inner core is changing shape, suggesting unseen processes affecting its movement ...

“We will continue to monitor the field and to assess the performance of the WMM, but we do not anticipate needing to release a new model before the planned update in 2030.” Earth’s magnetic ...

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet.

By Becky Ferreira For a few months last fall, a school-bus-size space rock named 2024 PT5 gained fame as Earth’s new “mini-moon.” Astronomers rushed to study the object while it was still ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting planet Earth in 7 years. The animation, provided by the NASA-funded ...