Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...

A mysterious artifact reportedly found in an Egyptian tomb has sparked widespread speculation among historians and ...

The updated map of Antarctica clearly shows the landscape beneath its massive ice sheet, including its tallest mountains and ...

Scientists now aim to understand how the current continent of Antarctica might respond to the changing climate. Another study recently created a new map of the landscape lying under Antarctica. A team ...

Experts have revealed Antarctica is “more vulnerable” than previously feared, as a new map reveals what lays ... s occurring at the fringes of the continent. What Bedmap3 is showing us is ...

The place thought to have had the thickest overlying ice was Astrolabe Basin, in Adélie Land, but a reinterpretation of data ...

"Like the first cartographers who traced the outline of Australia, our map reveals a continent of discoveries still ahead when more meteorite falls are recorded." What's coming next? Asteroids ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. "In general, it's become clear the Antarctic ice sheet is thicker than we originally realized," said Peter Fretwell of the British ...