Two million years ago, the solar system encountered a dense interstellar cloud that may have significantly affected Earth's climate by compressing the heliosphere and exposing the planet to high levels…
Earth can swim across an ocean of dark matter — and waves in this invisible ocean lapping at our planet's upper atmosphere can generate detectable radio waves that allow us…
Scientists have mapped one of the most dangerous places on earth in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geological boundary just off the Pacific Northwest coast.Along this heavy section, called the Cascadia…
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A study suggests that Earth's D layer, near the core-mantle boundary, formed from a magma ocean created by a massive impact. Iron-magnesium peroxide formed from water in this ocean explains…
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Changes in Earth's global magnetic field over six months in 2014 as measured by the European Space Agency's three-satellite Swarm constellation. The left map shows the average magnetic field and…
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - The ground beneath our feet can feel solid, stable, and seemingly eternal. But the continents we call home are unique among our planetary neighbors, and their…
The first of a pair of climate satellites designed to study heat emissions at Earth's poles for NASA is in orbit after lifting off atop Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from…
Planet Earth has been around for 4.5 billion years, plus or minus, and has changed a lot in that time. What began as a ball of molten, boiling magma eventually…