Learn more about how complex life on Earth likely wouldn’t have been possible without volcanic activity.

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Learn how this midge has a unique strategy for surviving what most organisms couldn’t.

Saturn’s rings will be impossible to see from Earth as of March 23rd, according to Forbes. This is because our view of the ...

Earth" planet has been discovered orbiting a star just 20 light-years away from Earth, offering exciting possibilities for ...

The planet is about six times more massive than Earth and could be rocky, offering a unique opportunity to study a heavier Earth-like world.

The high-speed collision may have played a role in forming continents, reshaping land, and creating conditions necessary for ...

Researchers have found a link between the sun’s heat and Earth’s seismic activity. Learn more about how this discovery could ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

Astronomers have identified a super-Earth orbiting a Sun-like star just 20 light-years away, making it one of the closest and ...

A graduate of UW-Whitewater, Monica Cull wrote for several organizations, including one that focused on bees and the natural world, before coming to Discover Magazine. Her current work also appears on ...

Microplastics. They’re in the soil; they’re in the ocean; and they’re even in the air, poised to invade our respiratory systems and to harm our health. But how, exactly, do they make their way into ...