It’s not much of a stretch to say that Earth’s inner structure, especially the innermost spherical core, has stupefied ...

It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, wrapped tightly around our planet. In fact, the atmosphere consists of multiple layers, with some scientists of the opinion that the atmosphere ...

These days, I’m a geophysicist and know a lot more about Earth’s structure. It has three main layers: The outer skin, called ...

Scientists now know how to drill deep enough to tap into an energy supply that would power the world for more than 20 million ...

Star dunes - sometimes called pyramid dunes - stand out among sand dunes for their towering height and eye-catching form.

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Below are the hints, categories and answers for today’s Connections game, puzzle #652, on March 24.

Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases decrease the atmosphere's ability to devour space junk, a new study finds.

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

Researchers decades ago proposed that lightning caused chemical reactions in ancient Earth’s oceans and spontaneously produced the organic molecules. Now, new research published March 14 in the ...

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