8+ hour, 21+ min ago  (535+ words) Long before the first animals walked on land, Earth's magnetic field began to shift in chaotic ways that have puzzled scientists for decades. The field changed direction far more dramatically and unpredictably than at any other time in the planet's…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (482+ words) After years of debate, scientists have finally solved the mystery of a structure hidden under the North Sea. Researchers at Heriot-Watt University confirmed that the Silverpit Crater was created by an asteroid impact millions of years ago. This impact caused…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (823+ words) Penn State University scientists studying the potential habitability of Mars exposed microscopic animals called tardigrades to a batch of simulated Marian soil, causing the resilient creatures, which can survive in the vacuum of space, to slow down and eventually stop…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (708+ words) Japanese researchers say they are closing in on the mystery of Earth's "missing" geomagnetic polarity reversals, identifying where they believe scientists should look for evidence of their unusual absence. Over long timescales, Earth's magnetic poles periodically switch in events known…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (794+ words) A rare type of deep underground earthquake occurring in the Earth's mantle, which can trigger dangerous surface quakes, has finally been isolated and mapped by Stanford researchers. The earthquakes in question, known as continental mantle quakes, occur in the mantle…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (655+ words) An updated analysis of data captured by NASA's Cassini Mission, led by NASA scientists and researchers from the University of Washington, has decreased the chances of a subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon Titan but potentially increased the chances of finding…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (526+ words) A new seismic analysis has revealed an unusually thick structure beneath Bermuda, a geological oddity that defies conventional models and may rewrite scientists" understanding of how the island chain emerged. The unusual feature consists of a 12. 4-mile-thick layer of rock…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (518+ words) A recent study published in PNAS Nexus reports that a swarm of small earthquakes beneath Yellowstone National Park triggered a burst of biological activity deep underground. The research shows that even minor seismic events can rejuvenate buried ecosystems by exposing…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (398+ words) A recently discovered impact crater in China is among the best-preserved ever found, offering researchers new insight into how space rocks shaped our present-day Earth. The Jinlin crater site in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China, was uncovered by researchers from Shanghai…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (539+ words) All complex life on Earth may be the result of plate tectonics tearing apart the ancient supercontinent Nuna 1. 5 billion years ago, according to new research out of Australia. Professor Dietmar M'ller of the University of Sydney's Earth Byte Group led…...