One fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas shipments typically pass through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on their ...

Scientists Discover Marine Rocks Showing Mount Everest Rose From the Ocean ...

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...

A peculiar magnetic anomaly detected beneath the Northern Territory suggests the presence of unknown rock formations. Advanced airborne magnetic surveys revealed this anomaly, distinct from ...

Unusual potassium isotope signatures in Chang’e-6 lunar samples point to extreme conditions created by the impact that formed ...

Welcome to your seismic update from across the state for the week of March 11, brought to you by the Alaska Earthquake Center, where we monitor ground shaking 24-7.

Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest ...

A 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck part of Glenn County Friday night. No reports of anyone feeling the earthquake have been logged on the USGS website.

The conflict in the Middle East is causing the “largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market,” the International Energy Agency says ...

Without the Moon, researchers say Earth could experience far more extreme climate shifts, unstable seasons and dramatically weaker tides - fundamentally altering life on the planet.

The Zambezi is Africa’s fourth-longest river, running about 2,574 kilometres. It passes through six countries before reaching the Indian Ocean. The river is well known for Victoria Falls, one of the ...

The Moon - Earth’s closest celestial neighbour - is slowly shrinking as its interior cools, according to research by scientists studying lunar geology. While the process has been unfolding for ...