Today, the moon doesn't have a magnetic field at all. But some rocks — notably, many samples returned from NASA's Apollo missions — have strong cues of magnetism, indicating t ...

Invisible for 115,000 years, these chilling "ghost fossils" just emerged from the burning sands of the Nefud Desert to ...

That’s exactly what happens when most folks stumble upon Squire Boone Caverns in Mauckport, Indiana, tucked away in the ...

A region beneath Antarctica where Earth’s gravitational pull is measurably weaker than anywhere else on the planet has persisted for roughly 70 million years, according to new research that traces the ...

Planetary scientists have produced the first global map of small mare ridges on the Moon, adding new evidence that the lunar surface has been reshaped in geologically recent times by tectonic forces ...

Explore towering red sandstone formations, ancient geological layers, and peaceful desert hikes at Red Rock Canyon State Park ...

F or the first time, chitin has been identified in a Cambrian Period trilobite. The unexpected discovery could be useful for ...

Stone tools found in Israel are at least 1.9 million years old, showing humans left Africa earlier than scientists once believed.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured images of hilly terrain on Mars, described by scientists as resembling spiderwebs from orbit, which provide clues about the planet’s watery past.

“There’s more than a billion years that’s gone,” said Barra Peak, co-author of a 2021 study on this puzzling gap in Earth’s ...

So here’s the situation: you live in Virginia, which gives you access to one of the most spectacular underground attractions ...