Interferogram image made from InSAR monitoring, showing 1995-2001 ground uplift in the Three Sisters. Courtesy USGS Magma beneath land close...
Predatory Cockroach From Dinosaur Era Found Trapped in Amber
Photo of the entire amber-encased fossil specimen of Huablattula hui, a cretaceous cockroach (Image credit: Ryo Taniguchi, et al. The Scienc...
Earth’s Water Came from Enstatite Chondrite-Like Asteroids
Earth’s Water Came from Enstatite Chondrite-Like Asteroids. A piece of the enstatite chondrite meteorite Sahara 97096. Image credit: Christi...
A Forgotten Continent From 40 Million Years Ago May Have Just Been Rediscovered
A lost continent that was wedged between Europe, Africa and Asia has been rediscovered. It covers the present-day Balkans and Anatolia and h...
Mystery Tsunami That Spread Around The World in 2021 Can Finally Be Explained
The mystery tsunami traveled 6,000 miles through three oceans. Image: NOAA Center for Tsunami Research Last year in August, a surprise tsuna...
How Does a Major Subduction Zone Get Started? It May Begin Small
Subduction of the Juan de Fuca Plate results in the formation of the Coastal Ranges and Cascade Volcanoes, as well as a variety of earthquak...
Earth’s Inner Core Could Exist As Exotic Matter Between Liquid And Solid
The Earth is layered like a giant onion, and finding out what goes on below our feet requires some nifty physics.(Supplied: Institute of Geo...
Scientists Discover 100-Million-Year-Old Fossil Flowers Preserved in Amber
Scientists Discover 100-Million-Year-Old Fossil Flowers Preserved in Amber. Holotype of Eophylica priscastellata. Image credit: Shi et al., ...
Dinosaur Hunters Find 180-Million-Year-Old 'Sea Dragon' Skeleton With One-Tonne Skull
Dinosaur Hunters Find 180-Million-Year-Old 'Sea Dragon' Skeleton With One-Tonne Skull. The ichthyosaur skeleton is the largest and m...