Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.

Neutrino particles have extremely small masses, yet there are so many of them that they carve out the large-scale structure ...

The continent-sized blobs are much hotter than the lower mantle, creating a significant temperature gradient in the rocky ...

Through a combination of high-pressure experiments and optical spectroscopy, physicists have revealed new insights into the ...

A Sydney Ph.D. student has recreated a tiny piece of the universe inside a bottle in her laboratory, producing cosmic dust ...

The Bermuda Triangle may not be the biggest mystery of the Atlantic. In a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, scientists believe they have discovered the reason why ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go beneath the surface,... The core of Mars looks like Earth’s. What makes the ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, is Earth's history. Our history. Research shows there are little-known ...

Ice is a key component in the universe. There are frozen water molecules on comets, moons, exoplanets, and in your drink as you cool off from the summer heat. However, under the microscope, not all ...

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will one day create a new ocean. This is the conclusion of an international team ...