Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

It's a persistent piece of trivia, often repeated in classrooms and casual conversations: "The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure visible from space." It's a testament to the Wall's ...

The first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson after Lucy spacecraft's April 20 flyby have arrived. NASA shared the pictures on Tuesday revealing the true size of the asteroid, which turned out to be ...

Earth isn’t a perfect sphere - it bulges at the equator due to its rotation. The result? The highest point from the Earth's center isn’t Everest, but the peak of a volcano in Ecuador. This ...

But there is no true objectivity, even in our understanding of how the world looks; our viewpoint has always been political. Conflicts or treaties might change borders, or merge them.

Scientists have uncovered new information about the Earth's core: it may not be completely solid. Instead, its center may be more malleable than expected and has changed shape in recent years ...

A study published in Physical Review Letters by an international partnership led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group challenges the long-held idea that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 ...

LOS ANGELES — University of Southern California scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth’s enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this ...

The planet’s inner core was previously thought of as a hard, solid sphere. But a new study has found that its edges are softer than realized and actually changing shape.

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth’s enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is ...