Scientists reconstructed 540 million years of sea level changes, showing Earth's oceans rose and fell by hundreds of feet ...

In the state of Oregon, the Painted Hills offer a quieter but no less fascinating example of natural colour layering. The ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

The town gets its name from the district it sits in, which is home to half of the world’s supply of a group of metals known ...

Known as stratigraphic inversion, this discovery challenges our fundamental understanding of how Earth’s layers are formed. A ...

The unprecedented images will help scientists unravel the mysteries of solar wind and its impact on Earth, according to NASA.

Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

At first glance, it might seem like an ordinary hunk of stone, but this particular rock is poised to fetch upwards of AU$6 ...

Each year in the U.S., an estimated 6.1 million people are treated for skin cancer, and that number is growing.

A new study on the ancient Greek city of Helike shows how repeated earthquakes transformed the landscape and forced ...

A team of UK researchers is working on lightweight cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar devices for space arrays. The aim is to ...