Once considered geologically impossible, earthquakes in stable regions like Utah and Groningen can actually occur due to long-inactive faults that slowly “heal” and strengthen over millions of years.

Trapped in a gravitational push and pull between Jupiter and other Jovian moons, Io is constantly being stretched and ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon.

The concept, also depicted in a Star Trek episode, would fill Earth's orbit with satellites to harness energy from the Sun ...

Earth’s climate balance isn’t just governed by the slow weathering of silicate rocks, which capture carbon and stabilize temperature over eons. New research reveals that biological and oceanic ...

Conditions on Titan's surface bear a striking resemblance to those of early Earth, research suggests. Its atmosphere contains high levels of nitrogen and the simple hydrocarbon compounds methane and ...

As best the origins of Earth are understood, we're all just a bunch of stardust, and new observations from the JWST lend credence to that theory.