That’s the antipode, or opposite point on Earth’s surface, from my town. But I only had a garden spade to move the earth. When I hit rock less than 1m below the surface, I couldn’t go deeper. These ...

Two nearby explosive massive star deaths, or supernovas, may have triggered mass extinction events in Earth's distant past, ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

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Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

New research suggests that powerful star explosions, called supernovae, may have caused at least two mass extinctions in ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

Discover the importance of the ozone layer, its role in shielding Earth from harmful UV radiation, the causes and effects of ozone depletion, and global efforts like the Montreal Protocol to restore ...

The find could hold implications for understanding the origin of life here on Earth.