A major fault in central Turkey is defying decades of scientific belief, tearing the Earth open in a way no one expected.

Maps help us find, discover, and reach new places. Although the field of geography is focused on locations, it is also a discipline of time. And maps are a great way to step back in time to see how ...

Mars has hosted a surprising number of robotic visitors, yet the question of where humans should touch down remains wide open ...

Hello parents, teachers and students! Want to see the science of meteorology right in your home? Try making this Topo-Chico thermometer with Meteorologist Sarah Spivey. Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on ...

This eye-catching astronaut photo shows Yellowstone's eponymous lake covered in a thick blanket of snow, making it look like a colorless, featureless void in the surrounding landscape. But below this ...

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Nematodes discovered in the Great Salt Lake belong to at least one species that is new to science, and possibly two. A University of Utah research team has published a new paper characterizing the ...

Earthquakes happen daily, sometimes with devastating consequences, yet predicting them remains out of reach. What scientists ...

An ancient lake that dried up approximately 130,000 years ago has reemerged after record rainfall in California’s Death Valley, arguably the hottest place on Earth. Lake Manly was formed during the ...

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through a solid iron lattice. This unusual behavior makes the core soft, matching ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...