Geophysicists have obtained detailed three-dimensional images of a dangerous megathrust fault west of Costa Rica…
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A new analysis of the oldest known fossil microorganisms provides strong evidence to support an…
Somewhere in our galaxy, an exoplanet is probably orbiting a star that’s colder than our…
New research from Yale University suggests that the unusual melting behavior of the second most…
Planetary collisions are at the core of our solar system’s formation. Scientists have long believed…
Seasonal dark streaks on Mars that previously were described as possible signs of flowing water…
The Earth’s Moon had a rough start in life. Formed from a chunk of the…
New research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active…
Using land-based seismic stations, researchers from Yale University found that part of the Nazca Plate…
In a newly published study, scientists from Yale University detail the differences in ocean temperatures…
New research using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals the strongest evidence yet that liquid water…
A newly published study reveals that a combination of naturally occurring atmospheric processes and pollutants…
A new study from the University of British Columbia reveals that the early loss of…
New measurements from ESA’s CryoSat Satellite show that the volume of Arctic sea ice increased…
Paleontologists working in China unearthed the fossil remains of one of the closest cousins of…
Atmospheric scientists from MIT have developed a simple model that may predict cyclone activity on…
A new model from researchers at Yale University helps explain the drop in elastic stiffness…
New data show that the first single-celled organisms with a nucleus originated more than a…