A groundbreaking study by ETH Zurich reveals that solid rock in Earth's D" layer, located deep within the mantle, can move ...

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size ...

Discovered by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, Kepler-10c is a massive exoplanet that challenges existing theories about planetary formation and habitability. Dubbed a “mega-Earth,” this planet’s ...

The D'' layer of the mantle flows in a solid state due to post-perovskite alignment, which accelerates seismic waves by 7%.

For 540 million years, Earth’s magnetic field and atmospheric oxygen levels have danced in sync — and NASA scientists just uncovered the rhythm. This groundbreaking discovery reveals a ...

A new underground vein called Navidad has been discovered in Sonora, with high concentrations of gold (55 g/t) and silver ...

Astronomers have finally confirmed the existence of a long-suspected companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, the iconic red ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our understanding of how planets take shape — not only in our solar system, but ...

Astronomers have spotted a giant planet, TOI-6894b, orbiting a tiny red dwarf star, challenging existing planet formation ...

Using AI, astronomers discover a new type of supernova, SN 2023zkd, the strongest evidence yet of a dying star being ...

For thousands of years, humanity viewed the skies as unchanging, except for a few "wandering stars" (that we now know are planets). As we improved our ability to perceive the cosmos with ...

A seemingly ordinary white dwarf star, located just 130 light-years away, has revealed an extraordinary secret: it is the ...