Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

Throughout most of Earth's geological history, its paleoclimate has remained hospitable to life—largely thanks to continental ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) announces the release of its annual omnibus solicitation for basic and ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Google Earth images and conspiracy theories claim a pyramid lies in Antarctica’s Ellsworth Mountains. While geologists identify the formation as a natural pyramidal peak shaped by erosion, believers ...

State Key Laboratory of Soil Pollution Control and Safety, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement and Early Warning Technology for Urban Environmental Health Risks, School of Environmental ...

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

Computer simulation of Earth's climate evolving over 1 million years in response to a sudden release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Credit: Andy Ridgwell/UCR. Earth has a built-in climate ...

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If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there ...