1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (320+ words) When did plate tectonics on Earth begin? New research finds some of the earliest clues Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years By Marissa Grunes edited by Sarah…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (214+ words) There might be less water on the moon than we'd hoped New satellite data come up dry as the search for lunar ice continues By K. R. Callaway edited by Lee Billings When Apollo 11 astronauts returned to Earth after accomplishing history's first-ever…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (315+ words) NASA's Perseverance Mars rover discovers even older lost rivers at Jezero Crater By plying its ground-penetrating radar in the depths of Mars's Jezero Crater, this rover has found even older deltas buried beneath those seen on the surface from space…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (213+ words) Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano erupts, shooting lava 1,300 feet into the air Over nine hours, Kīlauea released 16 million cubic yards of lava and sent a cloud of ash beyond 30,000 feet By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (162+ words) Earth's core may contain 45 oceans' worth of hydrogen An experiment to quantify the amount of the universe's lightest element in Earth's core suggests that the planet's water has mostly been here since the beginning By Stephanie Pappas edited by Andrea…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (299+ words) By Damien Pine edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier A swarm of 2,182 earthquakes at Yellowstone National Park was key for a new finding about microbes. With some luck, specialized equipment, a supervolcano and a narrow hole 30 stories deep, researchers demonstrated that…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (145+ words) Why bits of continents keep turning up in the middle of oceans It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home By Evan Howell edited by Andrea…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (312+ words) The scientific quest to explore the hidden complexity of ice Ice has many forms beyond the mundane stuff produced in a standard freezer By Meghan Bartels edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Chances are that all your encounters with frozen water'while…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (297+ words) Surprise Meteorite Debris Uncovered on Moon's Far Side These rare samples, uncovered on the moon by China's Chang'e 6 mission, might help to reveal secrets of how the solar system evolved By Jenna Ahart & Nature magazine "The Chang'e-6 mission has a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (186+ words) Humans Made Poisoned Arrowheads Thousands of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology'new evidence suggests it happened tens of thousands of years earlier than previously known By Kate Wong…...