Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers measure cosmic rays in far-off ...
A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.
Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Death Echoes Overlapping” by ...
Physicists think a 2023 particle detection marks the first exploding black hole seen. If true, it rewrites our understanding of dark matter.
Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...
Earth’s magnetic field works a bit like a dynamo. It is generated by the movement of molten iron and nickel in the outer core ...
Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of ...
Wyoming’s top energy agency is recommending a combined $11.7 million in taxpayer-funded grants to support carbon capture at power plants, to produce rare earth elements from Powder River Basin coal ...
Parts of the ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Mad ...
NASA's Perseverance rover, launched in Florida, discovered bleached rocks on Mars, providing new evidence that the planet was ...
The curious minds at What If imagine witnessing how the Earth was formed, exploring molten rocks, collisions, and the birth of continents.