The continent-sized blobs are much hotter than the lower mantle, creating a significant temperature gradient in the rocky ...

The unveiling by IBM of two new quantum supercomputers and Denmark's plans to develop "the world's most powerful commercial ...

Earth’s magnetic field has flipped many times in the planet’s history, but evidence suggests it may be weakening again. During a geomagnetic reversal, the planet’s protective magnetic shield changes ...

A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.

Microbes move across the planet, linking ecosystems and spreading genes that shape antibiotic resistance, health, and ...

When a spacecraft slips behind Jupiter, something counterintuitive occurs: when we lose the signal the measurement is then ...

While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own ...

The "beast" Maps — called Leviathan, dragon, snake and more by some — is actually just a byproduct of the tectonic plates ...

New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously ...

Michael McElroy, a pioneering atmospheric scientist and Harvard University professor, was a leading expert in atmospheric ...

His poetry reckoned with the immensities of reality, time, and grief, confronting a world upended by new truths about the ...

New research shows anxiety about aging - especially health-related worries - may be linked to faster biological aging at the cellular level.