The planet beneath our feet was alive—the continent of Earth scienceStarting with what Earth science is, we have traveled ...

Thank you as always!I am Kanari, a researcher and parent.Today, I have summarized some scientific topics regarding "time and ...

At the request of NASA (Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division), the National Academies is initiating “ESAS 2028,” the Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space ...

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 ...

We like to think of our home as a nice, smooth sphere. But mapping the Earth’s gravitational field provides a different view of the planet. a new visualization of Earth looks nothing like the Blue ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...

Scientists using long-term observations from NASA have refined measurements of Earth’s changing center of mass, revealing that the planet’s annual movement is smaller than previous estimates suggested ...

Earth's poles do not always stay in the same place. For example, a region once near the North Pole can end up near the equator, and an area near the equator can shift up toward the pole. This is known ...

Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share one ...

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is celebrating National Earth Science week with fun, all-ages activities included ...

Beginning August 2026, the Department of Geological Sciences at CU Boulder will become the Department of Earth Science—a name change that reflects the breadth, depth and forward-looking spirit of our ...