Earthquakes are sudden and intense shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates or volcanic activity. They can occur anywhere in the…
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A schematic depiction of high-speed hydrogen ions injected from the solar surface into the lunar surface and enriched on the surface of lunar soil particles…
Adult and young of the ichthyosaur species Shonisaurus popularis chase ammonoid prey 230 million years ago, in what is now Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, Nevada, U.S.A.…
The biggest earthquake ever recorded on Mars has uncovered layers in its crust that could signify a previous collision with a large object, such as…
Iron-rich Fe–O compounds at Earth’s core pressures. Credit: Jin Liu Oxygen is the key substance for life and one of the most abundant elements on…
An artist’s illustration of the InSight lander on Mars. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, was designed to give…
A picture of a building following an earthquake. According to a study led by the University of California, Los Angeles geophysicists powerful supershear earthquakes, previously…
An artist’s concept of active volcanos on Venus, depicting a subduction zone where the foreground crust plunges into the planet’s interior at the topographic trench.…
Monitoring the composition of magma gasses could help predict dangerous volcanic eruptions. Scientists want to take the knowledge from this discovery and build a 24/7…
Illustration of a satellite being destroyed by space debris. The reduced atmosphere in the upper atmosphere will increase satellites’ risk of collision with space pollution.…
This oblique perspective view of Tithonium Chasmata, which forms part of Mars’ Valles Marineris canyon structure, was generated from the digital terrain model and the…
Stitched together from 28 images, this view from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover was captured after the rover ascended the steep slope of a geologic feature…
An interior cutaway of the early Earth highlighting its major geodynamic processes. Magnetic field lines are drawn in blue and red emanating from the liquid…
The new research indicates that the impactor would have to be about 20 to 25 kilometers (12.4 to 15.5 miles) in size and move at…
Researchers have discovered detectable changes in the local magnetic field that occur 2-3 days before an earthquake. Magnetometers detected faint signals that may improve our…
A possible Amasia configuration 280 million years into the future. Credit: Curtin University New research has found that the world’s next supercontinent, Amasia, will most…
Researchers have identified an additional process that could have a significant effect on an ice sheet’s future: thawing of the bed, where the ice sheet…
Mounds of snow-like frazil ice under the Antarctic ice shelf. According to research from UT Austin, Europa’s ice shell could be made of the same…
An artist illustration of the InSight lander on Mars. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is designed to give…