Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...

Long-term satellite measurements show that Earth’s magnetic field is changing faster and more unevenly than expected, driven ...

Far beneath the waves of the southwest Pacific, scientists have finished charting a landmass so large and so coherent that it now stands beside Africa, Asia and the rest as a full-fledged continent.

Scientists discovered deep Arctic methane mounds that release gas, shape ecosystems, and inform climate risks.

Far above the South Atlantic, Earth’s magnetic shield is thinning into a vast, lopsided bruise that now sprawls across an ...

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

Ancient Australian rocks suggest Earth’s continents formed later than expected and share a common origin with the Moon.

Latin America and Oceania emerge as the most exposed regions, with many nations lacking detection and containment capacity, ...

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an ...