Ancient impacts played a powerful role in Earth's complex history. On other Solar System bodies like the Moon or Mercury,…
Collapsing ice shelves on the eastern coast of Antarctica has revealed something never seen before: a landform that might be…
The two largest reservoirs in the United States are now at their lowest levels since they were first created. After…
Science fiction author Frank Herbert is renowned for the richly-detailed worlds he created. None of his work is more well-known…
Mars is an arid place, and aside from a tiny amount of water vapour in the atmosphere, all water exists…
Every 200,000 to 300,000 years Earth's magnetic poles reverse. What was once the north pole becomes the south, and vice…
We can thank NASA's New Horizons spacecraft for opening our eyes up to Pluto's complexity. On July 14th, 2015, the…
Comets visit the inner Solar System, and leave without saying goodbye. Maybe they leave a trail of dust behind, and…
As global warming ramps up, expect to see Greenland in the news a lot. That's because its ice sheet is…
There are a handful of major science institutions around the world that keep track of the Earth's temperature. They all…