The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given rise to eukaryotic life.

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around ...

When water penetrates rock crevices in permafrost, it transports heat deep underground, where it causes the frozen rock to ...

On October 29, 2025, the object known as 3I/ATLAS will reach its closest point to the Sun, offering what may be the clearest clues yet about its origins. At about 203 million kilometers from the Sun, ...

The object is called 2025 PN7, and it was spotted on Aug. 2, 2025, by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii. Even though it was just discovered, earlier data shows it's been in this unusual orbit for ...

Scientists have discovered a subduction zone tearing apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Learn how this tectonic plate breakup in the Cascadia region was found and what it means for future earthquake ...

What if cropdusting could cool down the climate? What about rockdusting? Turns out sprinkling rock dust on fields may enhance a process called rock weathering, capable of trapping and removing ...

For his work, Dottin sought specific samples from the drive tube that appeared to be mantle-derived volcanic rock: "I was targeting sulfur that had a texture that would suggest it was erupted with the ...

Anja Djuricic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1992. Her first interest in film started very early, as she learned to speak English by watching Disney animated movies (and many, many reruns). Anja ...

When it comes to what makes a song the kind of timeless classic that people will sing along to for decades to come, it can be hard to pinpoint what makes one tune more popular than another...but ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The moon is sometimes called "two-faced" because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so different than its side always facing our planet.