Caltech researchers have developed a new method to study Earth's structure deep beneath the surface, at the boundary between ...

Caltech researchers have developed a new method to study the earth's structure deep beneath the surface, at the boundary between Earth's brittle crust ...

If real, that version of plate tectonics looks nothing like Earth's. But it shows the diversity of planetary geology that could lurk elsewhere in the cosmos. "In the end, understanding what causes ...

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The Indian Ocean "gravity hole" is a region where Earth's mass is reduced, leading to weak gravitational pull, ...

Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn—now with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego—was on ...

How many of the 160 named volcanoes in the U.S. and territories do you know? If you live in Alaska you have a big advantage.

Arizona’s got more Wild West than you can shake a lasso at. From dusty saloons to glittering gold mines, these 13 museums are ...

The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a discovery that RNA—a key molecule ...

Scientists discovered a shimmering polychaete worm in the Chile Margin, fascinating viewers and advancing ocean research.

In the spring of 2002, I came across someone I’d known well as a teenager — a good friend, in fact — but had virtually ...

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