Researchers from Utrecht University have found in a study that there are two colossal peaks that reach heights of around 620 miles (1,000), in what have been described as 'islands'. They can be found ...

Researchers at Hokkaido University have developed a new computational tool to help evolutionary biologists analyze complex genetic data to reconstruct the evolutionary history of species and the ...

Research using ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy unveils iron's melting and phase behaviour at Earth core pressures.

Scientists have found an elusive third form of magnetism that could help solve a longstanding puzzle about superconductors.

The ISS's orbit is slowly decaying. While it might seem a permanent fixture in the sky, the orbiting space laboratory is only ...

Iron is one of the main elements found in the Earth's inner core, which is characterized by extremely high temperatures and ...

Seismic imaging has revealed two colossal regions deep within Earth’s mantle that could reshape our understanding of the ...

The expanding of the polar vortex – an area of cold air around the Arctic – southwards is causing cold spells in the US.

It took a quarter of a century, but artist Mikael Genberg may finally see his dream realized: a red Swedish house, on the ...

A new study provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth's plants and the amount of time it takes for that water to flow through them. The information is a ...

A very rare treat is about to grace Earth's night skies.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...