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Exploring Earth's deep interior is a far bigger challenge than exploring the solar system. While we have traveled 25 billion ...

Scientists now believe such travelers arrive more often than once thought, and some may even strike our planet. A new study offers a closer look at where and when these interstellar objects could hit ...

On August 2, 2027, stargazers across parts of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East will witness one of the longest total solar eclipses of the century, known as the 'Great North African Eclipse'.

Most of the time, the shape of Earth’s magnetic field is quite similar to that which would be produced by a bar magnet ...

The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has ...