Climate change discussions often center around the role of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a primary driver. This debate is crucial ...

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Indonesia is the most earthquake-prone country, having recorded ...

Who's up for a late-night rocket launch? Weather permitting, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket should be visible from Palm Beach ...

For a long time, scientists believed that early life on Earth struggled due to a lack of usable nitrogen. This new discovery ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or call the information line (804-752-3210) for dates and times.

Around 700 million years ago, Earth was a very different planet—gripped by extreme deep freezes during the Cryogenian period.

California was rocked by a seventh earthquake in less than 24 hours. More than half of the events hit along the San Andreas ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the US and Ukraine had agreed on a deal on minerals, and negotiations on this ...

Welcome to your weekly seismic update from across the state, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7.

It was one of those perfect late summer days in Alaska. The sun hung high in the sky and cast a warm golden light over the ...

Moon was once covered by global magma ocean but later bombardments of asteroids caused different evolution processes,’ ...

The term "rare" refers to the supposed scarcity of these minerals and "earth" comes from an old name for oxides, the chemical form for these elements in the mineral ...