Scientists have found fresh evidence that Earth’s core may be slowly leaking gold and other precious metals into the mantle.

A research group led by Satoshi Ide from the University of Tokyo has demonstrated that classic earthquake generation theory does not hold in areas where the angle at which a tectonic plate dips under ...

Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. Our natural satellite is so familiar it’s easy to take it for ...

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

Mountains grow when rocks push up and collide, then slowly wear away as time does its work. This video breaks uplift and erosion into simple ideas you can follow. See how Earth’s high places rise and ...

At first, scientists thought Earth’s water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth’s water is homegrown. For decades, NASA’s exploration of the solar system has been dominated by ...

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat and debris, and then years of atmospheric disruption and damage left ...

Singapore logs one of the highest lightning strike rates in the world.On July 5, a man died after he was struck by lightning ...

Once small enough, these technograins might gain a trip out of its host solar system by a solar wind that overcomes the star's gravity holding it back. These motes of dust are then free to roam the ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb argues 3I/ATLAS and other interstellar objects may hint at alien technology, drawing fame, ...

From the Iran war to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, events this year have highlighted the way nations use the global energy ...

Disclosure Day,” a tale of aliens on Earth and the coverup of their presence, starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor, is a ...