In some parts of Earth's interior, seismic waves travel at different speeds depending on the direction in which they are ...

Common dolphins in the North Atlantic are living significantly shorter lives, with female longevity dropping seven years ...

In the past, the Red Sea underwent a spectacular transformation that radically changed its appearance. This body of water, ...

New research reveals the Moon's colossal South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by an asteroid striking from the north, not the ...

For centuries, the Taftan volcano in southeastern Iran was considered inactive; just another mountain in the desert. But ...

As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.

Julian Charrière made his name creating art inspired by — and interrogating — nature. Now, his new water and sound ...

Standing at the edge of Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona feels like peering into another world—a massive bowl carved into the Earth by a visitor from space that arrived with the subtlety of a ...

Researchers recreated Martian conditions in a laboratory using E. coli bacteria and pure water ice. The samples were frozen ...

The Orionids are fast, bright, and sometimes produce fireballs. With no moonlight this year, California skywatchers have one ...

The parched earth opened in jagged cracks. But it was the dead cows on the side of the road that did it. By October of 2014, ...

Scientists simulate Martian conditions to investigate the intriguing burrowing behavior of carbon dioxide blocks on the Red Planet's surface.