Scientists on Wednesday sealed ancient chunks of glacial ice in a first-of-its-kind sanctuary in Antarctica in the hope of ...

Deep-sea sediment layers show rare microbial wrinkle structures that formed in environments far beyond the reach of sunlight. Dr. Rowan Martindale, a paleoecologist and geobiologist at the University ...

Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-Earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something ...

Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

When people think about habitats on Earth, they likely picture forests, oceans or grasslands. Few think to look up. Yet the lower atmosphere, or troposphere, may be the largest habitat on the planet.

Most people think they know exactly where “down” is. It’s the direction your feet point. But that familiar sense of ...

Old Mystery About What’s Inside Uranus And Neptune In A Nutshell Scientists discovered a strange form of water that’s ...

New research reveals the extent to which Mars is quietly tugging on Earth’s orbit and shaping the cycles that drive long-term ...

Greenland's harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have so far prevented anyone from building a ...