How do volcanologists determine the height of eruptive plumes from Yellowstone’s past explosive eruptions? Ironically, you ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Rising mountains do more than reshape the landscape – they also drive evolutionary change, according to a new study. By simulating millions of years of tectonic uplift, researchers have uncovered a ...

"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.

Les Orgues Ille sur Tet, geological site in Pyrenees Orientales, Languedoc Roussillon, France. Aerial view of the organs of Ille sur Tet or fairy chimneys. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to ...

Rain with a high of 56 °F (13.3 °C) and a 42% chance of precipitation. Winds from NNE to NE at 6 mph (9.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 27% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to 6 ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds S. The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 63 °F (17.2 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). Cloudy today with a high ...

Our scientists study the Earth, and other planets, on scales from the molecular to the planetary scale; from the microsecond to the geological time scale; and from its birth about 4500 million years ...

Structural geology is the study of the deformation of the surface and subsurface of the Earth and other planetary bodies. This deformation reflects past changes in local and regional stress and ...

Geology is the study of Earth's history, composition and evolution. We tackle this through a multidisciplinary programme stretching from understanding Earth materials, internal processes that cause ...

This includes some 19m tonnes of proven reserves of graphite, which the Ukrainian Geological Survey state agency says makes the nation "one of the top five leading countries" for the supply of the ...