The land beneath the former Aral Sea in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is rising and will continue to do so for many decades. Now, ...

Imagery of fractured terrain on Venus, Mars, and Jupiter’s moon Europa pinpoints environments influenced by water.

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

A new study suggests the universe may rotate -- just extremely slowly. The finding could help solve one of astronomy's biggest puzzles.

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Quantum effects like superposition and entanglement have long been seen in single particles, but physicists are on a quest to ...

Project-based learning and a modular class design help students from various backgrounds and universities gain hands-on experience with environmental remote sensing.

Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

There's a sensation that you experience—near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert—from a sound so total that you ...

All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...