About 4.6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity. The Sun, planets, and eventually Earth formed out of the cloud. But when did ...

A team of geophysicists say that an enormous mass shifted deep beneath the Earth’s surface 18 years ago. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters last month, a team ...

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can turn lunar minerals into haematite, also known as rust. The discovery adds to ...

Sept. 23 (UPI) --NASA officials are prepared to launch a mission that is designed to protect the Earth's technologies against the potentially damaging effects of solar storms. NASA and Space X ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Earthmover PBC, a New York-based software company defining the modern workflow for climate, weather, and other tensor data and founded by climate scientists and open source ...

A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth’s malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that form in completely opposing chemical environments—a combination so unusual ...

The Moon is rusting — and it’s Earth’s fault. Scientists have found that oxygen particles blown from Earth to the Moon can turn lunar minerals into haematite, also known as rust 1. The discovery adds ...

Since our founding in 2009, Civil Eats has been reporting on the ways that food policy shapes what we grow, harvest, sell, and eat. We accelerated our coverage this year with the launch of our Food ...

An unexpected call-up provided a rare opportunity for on-the-job training for the talented 22-year-old shortstop and yields hope for the future. Rays shortstop Carson Williams reacts after being ...

The Amazon rainforest is so big that it makes its own climate. As they photosynthesise and transpire, its billions of trees collectively produce enough moisture to form clouds. These, by some ...

Scientists caution that asteroid deflection must be precise, as striking the wrong spot risks sending it through a gravitational keyhole that sets up a future collision with Earth. Using lessons from ...