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

Sonoma State University has proposed eliminating Division II sports and about two dozen degree programs. “It's just watching ...

An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the ...

Our scientists study the Earth, and other planets, on scales from the molecular to the planetary scale; from the microsecond to the geological time scale; and from its birth about 4500 million years ...

Solar system moved through the Orion complex around 14 million years ago Interstellar dust may have influenced Earth's ancient climate Scientists investigate links between cosmic activity and climate ...

The U.S. Geological Survey recently confirmed two different earthquakes in two different areas of Georgia on the same day this week. Here's what we know: When and where were the Georgia earthquakes?

Now, a new computational study has revealed a surprising structure – a spiral generated by the tidal forces exerted by the Milky Way galaxy itself. The finding, in press at The Astrophysical Journal, ...

Now, a new study suggests that this distant cloud may resemble a miniature galaxy, complete with spiral arms stretching across the void. Using advanced simulations run on NASA’s Pleiades ...

This includes some 19m tonnes of proven reserves of graphite, which the Ukrainian Geological Survey state agency says makes the nation "one of the top five leading countries" for the supply of the ...

Now, a new model suggests that the inner part of the Oort Cloud may have an unexpected structure resembling a spiral, much like a miniature galaxy. The Oort Cloud begins roughly 2,000 – 5,000 ...

The Zhurong rover landed on Mars in 2021 in an area known as Utopia Planitia and sent back data on the geology of its surroundings in search of signs of ancient water or ice. Unlike other rovers ...

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it looks like. Now, new simulations may have given them a first glimpse.