Scientists have long known that Earth's core is mostly made of iron, but the density is not high enough for it to be pure ...

Deep beneath the familiar blue of the oceans, Earth may be hiding a far larger sea of potential. New high pressure experiments suggest the planet’s metallic heart could store hydrogen equivalent to ...

“Microlightning” exchanges among water droplets could have sparked the building blocks of life on ancient Earth, new research finds. Here, a wave breaks on White Sand Beach on the Thai island of Koh ...

Three NASA-funded rockets are set to launch from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, in an experiment that seeks to reveal how auroral substorms affect the behavior and composition of ...

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