The first image here is not a bowl of spaghetti, though it may perhaps look like one. They are not ramen noodles nor elbow macaroni either. If one looks closely, the east coast of North America is ...

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It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

Renowned American-born, Hungarian geologist on why Mars likely never developed any sort of life. And how life may have started here on earth.

Researchers have explored mysterious flow features on airless celestial bodies like Vesta, Ceres, and Europa. In their latest ...

Eric Sproles, director of the Geospatial Core Facility at Montana State University, will give a talk as part of the Geosciences Fall Seminar Series. No registration is required.

Sometimes, getting hit by a space rock is a good thing. The asteroid which struck Earth 66 million years ago wiped the ...

The Earth Sciences contribute to answers on a wide range of societal and economic questions in areas such as: the natural means of existence (water, raw materials, the energy transition), the ...

Costfoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images Every day, 48.5 tons of meteoritic material hits Earth’s atmosphere. Almost all of it burns up during its descent, but the pieces that make it to the surface ...

The European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the ...

We explore how long it takes to get to Mars and the factors that affect a journey to the Red Planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...