the Earth
When earthquakes strike, the ground shaking people feel accounts for only a small fraction of the total energy released. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have now shown…
Scientists analyzing satellite data have uncovered a mysterious material disturbance near Earth’s core–mantle boundary that occurred between 2006 and 2008. The anomaly, recently detected by the US–German "Gravity Recovery and…
How did life arise from nothing? A new mathematical study offers a surprising perspective on this ultimate question. Researchers at Imperial College London suggest that the probability of life naturally…
Despite their simple structure, mosses are capable of surviving in some of Earth's most extreme environments, such as Antarctica, deserts, and high mountains. Now, researchers from Hokkaido University in Japan…
A new study reveals that Earth's civil and military radar systems may be inadvertently transmitting signals into space that could be detected by alien civilizations. These unintended electromagnetic emissions—especially from…
Earth's climate has swung dramatically between extremes of ice and heat throughout its history. In fact, for much of geological time, Earth has been a warm, ice-free planet. During the Cretaceous…
Scientists have discovered a more than one-billion-year-old asteroid impact structure in the “Dome of the Arctic” region of northwestern Australia. Hidden within volcanic breccia dating back 3.47 billion years, this…
Climate change is not only intensifying droughts, heatwaves, and storm surges but may also be increasing the risk of earthquakes through accelerated glacier melt. A research team from ETH Zurich…
A sign once proudly declared a piece of gneiss in Minnesota's Minnesota River Valley to be the “oldest rock on Earth”, dated at 3.8 billion years. However, new geological research…
A provocative new theory has sparked interest and debate in the scientific community: Earth's rotation within its geomagnetic field might be harnessed to generate electricity. Although the idea remains contentious,…
