When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, it didn’t just wipe out entire Roman towns and traumatize generations; it also gave us ...

Sea-level changes offer an independent record of dramatic Jurassic and Cretaceous episodes when the solid Earth may have ...

Laboratory experiments show that a methane-producing archaeon from Earth can grow under simulated Enceladus seafloor ...

Scientists have discovered two giant mystery structures lurking under the Earth's surface ...

Florida's proposed K-12 science standards are drawing attention from parents and teachers over changes to how science will be ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is celebrating National Earth Science week with fun, all-ages activities included ...

A NASA telescope that was sent to space in 2004, is now spiraling down to orbit after a botched attempt to retrieve it back in July. According to NASA, these bursts are the ‘most powerful explosions ...

When the rotation of Earth’s axis speeds up or slows down, which happens over decades, a day might end up being milliseconds ...

Tushar Mittal, the Wilson Faculty Fellow of geosciences, and Jose D. Fuentes, professor of meteorology and atmospheric science, were selected for awards by the American Geophysical Union.

A rare-earth compound developed a strange magnetic liquid crystal state, with spins retaining direction after conventional order vanished.

From satellites orbiting Earth to missions headed deeper into space, engineers are the architects behind the technology powering exploration, communication and discovery. At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical ...