Astronomers may have discovered the first known microblazar, a long-theorized object firing a powerful beam of particles ...

The planet beneath our feet was alive—the continent of Earth scienceStarting with what Earth science is, we have traveled ...

Sea-level changes offer an independent record of dramatic Jurassic and Cretaceous episodes when the solid Earth may have ...

Suppose that you could create a K–12 science and engineering curriculum from scratch. How would you go about doing it? Over the past four years, that’s essentially what we have done: first by writing ...

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Earth's poles do not always stay in the same place. For example, a region once near the North Pole can end up near the equator, and an area near the equator can shift up toward the pole. This is known ...

Generated by a vast dynamo-like churn of molten iron in the Earth’s core, the magnetic field that surrounds the planet protects its surface and everything on it from space radiation as well as helping ...

At the request of NASA (Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division), the National Academies is initiating “ESAS 2028,” the Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space ...

When aiming for a graduate school in Earth and Planetary Sciences, many people likely struggle to decide on their preferred ...

There are three things that I remember from my high-school Earth-science class: the swirling pink cover of the study book designed to help us pass New York State’s year-end test, the football player ...

The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...