Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

An update of the convection code ASPECT enables full coupling of plume dynamics with buoyancy effects of transition zone ...

On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other ...

YR4, recently discovered, poses a heightened collision risk with Earth, potentially causing catastrophic damage. Areas at ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

In this episode of Weekly podcast, we speak to three experts who study different ways that people are affecting how plants and animals evolve – and how humanity has become the single biggest driver of ...

The lunar eclipse will occur on March 14, 2025, and it will last for over six hours, passing through different phases. The ...

Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly seismically active zone, where different plates on the earth’s crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanic ...

They are not affected by gluten. As you can see, someone reporting that she has a "gluten allergy" actually may have any one of a bunch of different conditions. Still, there's one unifying factor in ...

which was published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. Scientists at NASA and U.S. colleges were also involved. The affected area is not one static area on the map. It consists of ...