Scientists find a mysterious solar storm occurred 9,200 years ago
Through analyzes of ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has found evidence of an extreme...
Are there oceans on other worlds? We asked a NASA expert.
The story of oceans is the story of life.
Oceans define our home planet, covering the majority of Earth’s surface and driving the water...
Scientists find chemical leftovers from early Earth sitting near the core
Let’s take a journey into the depths of the Earth, down through the crust and mantle nearly to the core.
We’ll use seismic waves to...
Vesuvius will erupt again, luckily not now
Vesuvius is one of Europe’s most dangerous volcanoes.
More than three million people live in its immediate vicinity, and in historical and prehistoric times, there...
Earth’s insides are cooling faster than we thought, shows study
Researchers suspect that the Earth’s heat may dissipate sooner than previously thought.
The researchers have come to this conclusion after showing in the lab how...
Scientists explore the real impact of Starlink Satellites
Since 2019, SpaceX has been launching an increasing number of internet satellites into orbit around Earth.
The satellite constellation, called Starlink, now includes nearly 1,800...
Archaeologists uncover ancient gold coin hoard in Germany
An Iron Age hoard of gold coins has been uncovered near the village of Baitz, in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district of Germany.
The discovery was made...
How the largest dinosaurs moved and evolved
A new study has revealed how giant 50-tonne sauropod dinosaurs, like Diplodocus, evolved from much smaller ancestors, like the wolf-sized Thecodontosaurus.
In the study published...
Why did ocean productivity decline abruptly 4.6 million years ago?
By drilling deep down into sediments on the ocean floor researchers can travel back in time.
A research team led from Uppsala University now presents...
Organic molecules found in this Martian meteorite are not from the Earth, shows study
Organic molecules found in a meteorite that hurtled to Earth from Mars were synthesized during interactions between water and rocks that occurred on the...