In 1986, Kihachiro Aratake was diving off the coast of Yonaguni when he spotted a giant structure 25 meters below the surface ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...

The X-Men are the most important group in mutant history, and some of teh oldest mutants on Earth have molded the team.

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and planets are formed.

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A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.

History occasionally produces moments when narrative authority shifts in ways that carry profound structural implications. The African ...

The Great Unconformity is a major gap in Earth's geologic record. The missing layer between Precambrian and Cambrian rocks ...

Earth’s core may contain up to 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen, a new study finds—an estimate that suggests that the planet formed from a gas-and-dust disk that was rich in the universe’s lightest ...

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MADISON — Parts of the ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin ...

Forget what you learnt in elementary school geography, Earth apparently doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we’re taught that the world is made up of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, ...