Deep below the Tyrrhenian Sea offshore Italy, scientists drilled into what they thought would be dark mantle rock—and found ...
Many scientists point to cultural evolution, the process by which knowledge, customs and technology spread over time. But ...
A circle running along the 27° east and 153° west meridians divides the globe into two halves with equal reflectivity – and ...
Foucault’s pendulum experiment led to an increase in the public’s interest in both real-life science and science fiction.
About 4.6 billion years ago, when Jupiter was still bulking up into the heavyweight of the solar system, it carved a gap in ...
"Were the Canadian Rockies made in Nevada?" That's the question Nick Zentner posed to a room full of fellow geologists Monday ...
Scientists search for exoplanets and signs of life in space because understanding whether life exists beyond Earth is one of the most important goals in modern science. In space exploration, ...
This week on the Valley 101 podcast, we explore the rock formations at Papago Park and why they stand out in the otherwise dull Phoenix landscape. Geologists, like ASU professor emeritus Stepheny ...
Planet Earth (2006) was the most expensive nature documentary ever commissioned by the BBC and the first BBC wildlife series shot in high definition. Using military-grade stabilized camera mounts, ...
Without the Moon, Earth’s geology, biology, and climate — as well as human philosophy — would be different in many significant ways. If Earth had no Moon, the postulated origin of the Moon through a ...
Scientists have found that the crust beneath East Africa’s Turkana Rift is thinning to a critical point, signaling that the continent is slowly breaking apart. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily ...
From rivers and oxbow lakes to crop-field patchworks and mineral sediments, Landsat has seen it all. A program of NASA and USGS, the satellite initiative has documented the Earth’s surface since 1972, ...