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Rankin and other astronomers use those signals to study the very local interstellar medium, which is the suburb of space ...

(matejmo/iStock/Getty Images) We're here. We're not entirely sure how we got here, but we're here. But… what if we weren't ...

Scientists have discovered that magma deep inside Earth can store surprising amounts of extra oxygen, potentially revealing a ...

Through field trips and peer-led learning, South Africa’s Habitable Planet Workshop encourages students from ...

It's a dizzyingly busy time for scientists searching for life on distant planets. To date, astronomers have cataloged more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system and are searching the atmospheres ...

A salt-loving Earth microbe showed growth after 160 days in warm brine under low pressure and an oxygen-free, carbon ...

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 ...

At the request of NASA (Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division), the National Academies is initiating “ESAS 2028,” the Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space ...

The Department of Earth Science offers Master of Science and doctoral degree programs. Our research-oriented department is affiliated with a number of research institutes and research centers, ...

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, ...