The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

New findings from NASA's Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

Earth is often described as a water world, but how that water arrived has never been settled. For years, the focus has rested ...

"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

Modern cells are complex chemical entities with cytoskeletons, finely regulated internal and external molecules, and genetic ...

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These ...

The Chocolate Hills are 1,776 mounds on Bohol Island in the Philippines where grassy cover turns brown during the dry season.

NASA in a recent breakthrough has revealed the most detailed map of dark matter, giving an unprecedented look into the ...

A rare iron meteorite has been found in the Sahara Desert, providing scientists a unique glimpse into the cores of ancient ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...