Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

Scientists reconstructed 540 million years of sea level changes, showing Earth's oceans rose and fell by hundreds of feet ...

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and his crewmates survived an external fire on the Axiom-4 mission's Crew Dragon spacecraft, ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Researchers have modeled sea level changes on thousand-year timescales for the past 540 million years. These insights offer better tools for mapping subsurface layers used in energy and waste storage.

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed thick, dusty layers of the Cat's Claw Nebula, a region of star formation about 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius, the agency has ...

Volcanic eruptions can destroy essential infrastructure, ground air traffic for days, wipe out entire cities, disrupt the ...

The North Sea, a region known for its rich history and vital role in energy production, holds a surprising geological anomaly ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...