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Californians woke up to an alien-looking sky this morning, Wednesday, September 9, 2020. (more…)
Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth went through two episodes of severe glaciation. These two episodes—the Sturtian and the…
At the bottom of the ocean in the South Pacific Gyre, there's a sediment layer that is among the most…
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No matter where you are, where you’ve been and where you’re going, it’s always good to see home. And we…
Earth's lithosphere is made up of seven large tectonic plates and a number of smaller ones. The theory of plate…
Natural processes here on Earth continually re-shape the planet's surface. Craters from ancient asteroid strikes are erased in a short…
Landsat 8 strikes again. Landsat 8 is the United States Geological Survey's most recently launched satellite, and it holds the…
The origin of Earth's water is a big piece of the puzzle in Earth's history. Did it come from comets…