Earth’s continents may look permanent on a human timescale, but plate tectonics guarantees that the world map will continue ...

Two continent-sized structures deep inside Earth may contain remnants of Theia, the ancient planet thought to have collided ...

Rocks collected from the Moon’s far side suggest the early Solar System endured a long decline in asteroid impacts rather ...

Roll back the tape of Earth's history, and geologists and astrobiologists remain perplexed about the environmental conditions ...

Researchers have found a clever new way to map a part of Earth’s upper atmosphere that is notoriously difficult to observe. Using orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites, they ...

Researchers tested a new technique that uses fiber optic cables to detect earthquakes. It’s twice as precise as what the ...

Suppose that you could create a K–12 science and engineering curriculum from scratch. How would you go about doing it? Over the past four years, that’s essentially what we have done: first by writing ...

Earth/space science teachers educate students on the four basic areas of scientific study classified as part of earth science: oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and geology. Earth scientists play a ...

The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...