Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate. Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American ...

Just when things couldn't get any crazier in the US, scientists have discovered that the underside of the Earth's crust is ...

What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and ...

It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, wrapped tightly around our planet. In fact, the atmosphere consists of multiple layers, with some scientists of the opinion that the atmosphere ...

The model developed by the team found that white dwarfs can fuel both processes simultaneously, making Earth-like planets ... shedding their outer layers as their cores collapse and forming ...

Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full. And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season ...

Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, United States Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of ...

Driving Earth’s tectonic plate movement and powering its magnetic field requires an immense amount of power. The energy is derived from the center of the Earth, but scientists are certain the ...

What is the Ozone Layer? The ozone layer is a crucial component of Earth's stratosphere, located between 19 and 30 km above the surface. It plays a vital role in filtering harmful ultraviolet (UV ...

A recent study confirmed that the Antarctic ozone layer is currently healing ... of ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Within the Earth’s stratosphere, ozone is a naturally ...