An artist's render of Mars. (Kevin M. Gill/Flickr/CC BY 2.0) For decades, our picture of Mars was of a dead desert world. Its ...

An AI simulation of an impact shows basalt-rich (purple) and basalt-poor (green) regions. (Curtin University) The planet ...

A Pacific-wide tsunami triggered by a magnitude 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake gave scientists their first detailed satellite view ...

Every June 30th, Asteroid Day marks the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska impact and turns global attention to the science of ...

A 20-year-old mystery of the North Sea's Silverpit Crater has been solved. Researchers confirmed an asteroid or comet struck the region 43-46 million years ago, forming the rare geological scar.

New research reveals that deep mantle plumes may be responsible for thousands of underwater mountains across the ocean floor.

Factors like the short interval between the two powerful quakes and different types of soil led to some structures collapsing ...

From the earthquake in Venezuela to Mindanao, all share a similarity, namely being in the Pacific Ring of Fire. Why is the ...

Back-to-back earthquakes left at least 235 dead and injured more than 4,300 people, according to Venezuela’s government.

A new study reveals the 2011 Tohoku earthquake triggered an extraordinary event deep within Earth. Seismic energy traveled to ...

Rescue crews stepped up their search for survivors on Thursday as Venezuelans grappled with the scale of the devastation ...

An earthquake expert says shallow tremors, weak buildings, poor maintenance and local soil conditions combined to cause ...