A massive geological fracture running through East Africa is pulling the continent in two, and the process is moving faster ...
Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to ...
Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...
Planetary scientists have discovered that high energy electrons in Earth's plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes on the Moon's surface and, importantly, the electrons may have aided ...
About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across ...
Earth likely formed from inner Solar System material alone, raising fresh questions about the origin of water on our planet.
(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers, led by a University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa planetary scientist, discovered that high energy electrons in Earth’s plasma sheet are contributing to weathering ...