Like straight out of Julio Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, scientists from Northwestern University and the ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

Far below the Earth's surface is an energy source with huge and perpetual potential: geothermal heat. But the forces in its ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of ...

The Analyzer for Cusp Electrons (ACE) is designed to measure electron activity in the region of the northern magnetospheric ...

These mountains are made of extremely dense and ancient material, giving scientists valuable clues about the Earth's early ...

The 700–1,300 feet-wide space rock deformed rocks more than six miles from the impact site when it hit 600 million years ago.

Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...

The rate of stars going supernova near Earth appears to match two mass extinctions -- 372 million years ago and 445 million ...

NSIDC expertise has contributed to the enhancement of Xarray, a popular open-source tool used for data analysis and ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made a captivating discovery in the area of planets beyond Earth. A unique planet named 55 ...