The "swarm" of tens of thousands of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini earlier this year was triggered by molten rock pumping through an underground channel over three months, scientists ...

Scientists have uncovered massive, dense rock structures deep beneath the western Pacific, challenging long-held theories about Earth's mantle. Advanc ...

A 37-carat diamond, half pink and half colorless, found in Botswana, intrigues scientists due to its two-stage origin and ...

Along the dry shores of northern Kenya, a long turquoise lake quietly records the tug of deep forces. Lake Turkana looks ...

Buried deep below the American Midwest, a new kind of observatory is taking shape that aims to watch some of the most elusive particles in the universe as they stream straight through Earth. The Deep ...

In early 2025, the Greek island of Santorini was rocked by a swarm of seismic activity, an event that led to school closures and the evacuation of thousands of residents.

The hidden earthquakes under one of the most dangerous supervolcanos in the world are actually helping scientists learn how ...

A database of 2.75 billion buildings could help scientists to monitor urban planning, climate change, disaster risks and even ...

Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet for an atmosphere on a rocky ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...