The core isn't a "boring blob of iron" after all. Earth's "solid" inner core might actually be a bit mushy, researchers now find.
‘New hidden world’ discovered in Earth’s inner core
Jurassic graveyard reveals oldest evidence that dinosaurs traveled in herds
A Jurassic graveyard in Patagonia, Argentina, holds more than 100 fossilized eggs and the bones of 80 Mussaurus patagonicus dinosaurs ranging in age from hatchling to adult. The trove of dinosaur remains suggests that these paleo-beasts lived in herds as early as 192 million years ago, a new study finds.
Huge hole discovered in Arctic’s ‘last ice’
A huge hole opened in the Arctic's oldest, thickest ice in May 2020, a new study revealed. Scientists previously thought that this area of ice was the Arctic's most stable, but the giant rift signals that the ancient ice is vulnerable to melt.
A woman in British Columbia was asleep in her bed when a meteorite crash landed on her pillow
When you wish upon a shooting star, make sure to include “don’t crash into my house” in the fine print. The meteorite reportedly missed the woman's head by mere inches.
Warping of Planet’s Crust: Melting of Polar Ice Shifting Earth Itself, Not Just Sea Levels
Research by new Ph.D. finds warping of planet’s crust, with far-reaching effects.
Ice Melt at The Poles Is Now Causing Hidden Changes to Earth’s Crust on a Huge Scale
As the polar ice sheets melt, the process is not just raising sea levels – it's also warping the underlying surface of Earth, a new study reveals, and some of the effects can be seen across thousands of miles.
New gravitational wave detector picks up possible signal from the beginning of time
Two intriguing signals spotted in a small gravitational-wave detector could represent all kinds of exotic phenomena — from new physics to dark matter interacting with black holes to vibrations from near the beginning of the universe.
Earth’s core is growing ‘lopsided’ and scientists don’t know why
The core is losing heat faster under Indonesia than it is under Brazil, and that's messing with the seismic waves passing through it.
Magma Causing Uplift in Oregon
Volcanic activity is causing the earth to rise in Oregon, scientists have found. Though whether such uplift is a sign of an imminent eruption remains uncertain.
Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is fighting an invisible battle against the inner Earth, new study finds
Underground heat is cooking the Thwaites Glacier from below, and could push it closer to collapse.