The team found that, by including a softer layer at the base of the moon's mantle, it was easier to reproduce the observed ...

Indeed, the NASA measurements indicate that the ambipolar field enhances the “scale height” of the ionosphere by 271 percent.

"Killer electrons" stashed in radiation belts around Earth could be dislodged by lightning to create a game of "cosmic ...

Researchers found evidence from astroid craters that Earth may have had a ring, like Saturn, formed 466 million years ago.

Combining the satellite data with evidence of magnetic field line movements on Earth, European geoscientists mapped the ...

An odd phenomenon called lithospheric dripping might occur wherever mountains form. Earth's crust may "drip" into its middle ...

Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds.

The majority of bubbles are simply a mix of soap and water, and they will only ever provide fleeting and modestly-sized bubbles because the surface tension of the water will always pull them in and ...

Planes flying at high altitude or close to the Earth’s magnetic poles also experience disruptions in the communications ...

A vast, ancient slab of seafloor plunged beneath the Pacific Ocean and has hovered in Earth’s mantle for more than 120 ...

A multi-institutional team of climatologists, meteorologists and Earth scientists has found evidence that dropping diamond ...

C ould diamond dust help solve climate change? The precious rock might not be the first thing to cross your mind when you ...