With modern seismic tomography, Earth scientists have discovered that above Earth's core-mantle boundary (CMB), about 2,900 ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

Radio waves from Earth have been moving through space for more than a century. They did not start as part of any grand plan ...

An ISS astronaut captured a rare lunar halo above the Indian Ocean, showing a thin glowing arc above Earth's blue edge.

A rare underwater eruption at Hunga Tonga sent water vapor into Earth’s atmosphere, cooling the stratosphere and reshaping ...

The US SDA has disclosed the awarding of four agreements to produce 72 satellites for its Tracking Layer Tranche 3 initiative ...

In China’s Taklimakan Desert, engineers are drilling a scientific well over six miles deep to explore the Earth’s interior ...

It's a bit of fun, even if for the vast majority the answer was "somewhere in an ocean". But would it be possible to dig ...

We are what is contained within us, both tangible (physical) and intangible (mental). Outside are only the reflections of ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.

In the heart of Siberia lies Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world, where residents face frigid temperatures that plummet to an astonishing -64 degrees Celsius. Despite these extreme conditions, the ...

This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a ...