Research shows how the Gulf of Mexico survived a prehistoric mass extinction. According to research by the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), an…
Scientists have discovered shaded locations within pits on the Moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 °F (about 17 °C). The NASA-funded researchers used…
Study led by University of Chicago scientist deepens the mystery about the climate of early Mars. Mars once ran red with rivers. The telltale tracks…
Research combined spacecraft data with new lab experiments and models of Pluto’s largest moon. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists combined data from NASA’s New Horizons…
Mount Erebus, Antarctica’s only active volcano, shows how CO2 allows volcanoes to form persistent lava lakes at the surface. Antarctica has long been a land…
New research led by the University of Cambridge is the first to obtain a detailed ‘image’ of an unusual pocket of rock at the boundary…
You’ve undoubtedly gazed out of the window to marvel at a lightning storm in all its glory. Thunderstorms are certainly a sight to behold, but…
In a remote area, a mix of geophysical methods identifies magma transfer below the seafloor as the cause. Even off the coast of Antarctica, volcanoes…
A new hypothesis reveals that a global sedimentary cycle driven by seasons could explain the formation of landscapes on Saturn’s moon Titan. The research shows…
ChemCam played a key role in analyzing new data. The first study of the Glen Torridon region in Mars’ Gale crater reveals that groundwater altered…
Rutgers study shows new way dunes can form on varied celestial surfaces. Scientists have long pondered how Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as…
Explanation for the formation of abundant features on Europa bodes well for the search for extraterrestrial life. Jupiter’s moon Europa is a prime candidate for…
Scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission team have discovered multiple episodes of cryovolcanism may have formed some kinds of surface structures on Pluto, the likes…
Article in Nature ‘sets the deep Earth free.’ Ground-breaking research into the hot structures deep in the Earth suggest they could be much more fluid…
At the foundation of virtually all airborne, space-based and ground-based Earth observations is the TRF, or Terrestrial Reference Frame. The TRF relies on an accurate…
Vast stores of helium from the Big Bang lingering in the core suggest Earth formed inside a solar nebula. Helium-3, a rare isotope of helium…
The geysers and fumaroles of Yellowstone National Park are among the most iconic and popular geological features on our planet. Each year, millions of visitors…
Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new research from the University of…
