Anastasios (Andy) Tzanidakis was combing through old telescope data from 2020 when he found an otherwise boring star acting ...

Northwest Louisiana recently experienced a significant earthquake, but just how commons are earthquakes? Movement along ...

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they ...

A much smaller earthquake rattled Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County Tuesday morning. The magnitude-2.3 quake occurred at approximately 9:17 a.m. on March 10, 2026, at a depth of roughly 7.4 ...

A new study argues that the Great Unconformity, one of geology’s most famous gaps, began far earlier than many researchers had proposed. Drawing on data from ancient rocks in North China, the paper ...

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...

One of Earth’s most active volcanoes, Kīlauea, has erupted again for the 43rd time in Hawai's Big Island. USGS reported the ...

The Himalayas are often referred to as the Young Fold Mountains due to their relatively recent formation and ongoing geological activity. Formed by the collision of tectonic plates millions of years ...

Geological features like these provide evidence that Mars once had a denser atmosphere and significant surface water — ...

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Marine fossils discovered near the summit of Mount Everest reveal that the world’s highest mountain was once part of an ancient ocean floor before tectonic collisions lifted the Himalayas.