21+ hour, 40+ min ago   (723+ words) Ancient dust from asteroid Ryugu reveals how nitrogen-rich compounds may have formed and survived before reaching young planets. Tiny grains collected from asteroid Ryugu have revealed how nitrogen-rich compounds may have formed and survived in space before reaching young planets....

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (489+ words) Earth’s inner core remains one of the planet’s hardest places to understand. Now, an extreme laboratory experiment has uncovered unusual behavior that researchers had struggled to observe directly. Something unusual may be happening deep inside Earth. Experiments suggest that hydrogen…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (658+ words) A team of scientists has made an astonishing discovery on an underwater volcano off the Pacific coast: it is still active, covered in giant eggs, and that’s not all. Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, scientists have uncovered an extraordinary hidden…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (762+ words) Scientists have identified six previously unknown regions deep inside Earth that may reveal new clues about the planet’s hidden dynamics. Scientists have identified six previously unknown regions deep inside Earth’s lower mantle, revealing hidden variations in the planet’s deepest interior…...