The shape of our planet is one of the unknowns that has always existed on Earth. It has aconcreteshape and is something that ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

To account for the numerous gaps in the fossil record, they treated the parts of the world where fossils have not been uncovered as missing information rather than designating them areas where no ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the lunar surface.

Your navigation system just got a critical update, one that happens periodically because Earth’s magnetic north pole keeps moving. Here’s what to know.

Earth’s magnetic north pole is on the move—and in surprising ways. With the release of the World Magnetic Model 2025, scientists reveal new details about its unpredictable journey and why it has ...

Solar storms pose a rising threat to power grids, satellites, and communications. Experts call for urgent preventive measures ...

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the ...

The Walt Disney World Speedway was a one-mile tri-oval built next to one of the resort’s massive parking lots, just south of the Polynesian Village complex. The no-frills track ...