New Calculations Challenge Assumptions about Rigid Lithosphere
A newly published study from geophysicists Rice University and the University of Nevada challenges assumptions about a rigid lithosphere, revealing that the Pacific plate is…
A newly published study from geophysicists Rice University and the University of Nevada challenges assumptions about a rigid lithosphere, revealing that the Pacific plate is…
New research reveals large quantities of water bound up in the rock located deep in the Earth’s mantle. Researchers have found evidence of a potential…
Scientists at MIT precisely dated the rocks in which the earliest dinosaur fossils were discovered in the southwestern United States, raising questions about when dinosaurs…
New research from geologists at Brown University reveals that the slopes of the Martian volcano Arsia Mons may have been home to one of the…
A new study led by NASA researchers presents multiple lines of evidence – incorporating 40 years of observations – that rapidly melting section of the…
New research from Yale University shows that parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today’s California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific…
Using data from meteorites that fell to Earth from Mars, scientists investigate the chemical composition of the Martian atmosphere throughout history, and learn whether the…
New research from Arizona State University shows evidence that the Gusev Crater on Mars once held a lake. If desert mirages occur on Mars, “Lake…
A newly published study reveals an ancient asteroid impact that left a crater nearly 500 kilometers (310 miles) across: up to two and a half…
Using data from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and Galileo orbiter, scientists have produced the first global geologic map of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. More…
By using data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft to analyze the distinctive cracks lining the surface of Europa, NASA scientists determined that Europa likely rotated around…
A team of researchers has found evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon from an unknown source deep beneath…
A team of researchers has revealed that a common group of meteorites from Mars is almost 4 billion years younger than previously thought, providing scientists…
Scientists at MIT have discovered a “hidden flux” of material deep in the Earth’s mantle that would make the planet’s overall composition more similar to…
A newly published study reveals evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age, detailing how a cosmic impact sparked climate…
New research led by Brown University suggests that pre-existing mineralogy on the Moon can survive large impacts and impact melts. Large impacts on the Moon…
In a new study, researchers from MIT provide evidence that volcanic activity did indeed trigger the end-Triassic extinction, killing off 76 percent of marine and…
Researchers from Ohio State University have discovered the oldest example of biomarkers found inside a particular complete fossil. Columbus, Ohio—Though scientists have long believed that…