Limestone rocks found high on the mountain contain remains of marine organisms that once lived in the ancient Tethys Sea.

Oxygen isotope analysis of lunar soil shows meteorites delivered only a limited amount of water to the Earth–Moon system ...

Sea fossils found on some of the world's tallest mountains are reigniting fierce debate over whether the biblical story of ...

Picture a space rock the size of a football pitch crashing into the North Sea's shallow seabed 43 to 46 million years ago.

A team of scientists have found a massive "gravity hole" in the historically mysterious and frozen continent of Antarctica.

The “gravity hole” formed at least 70 million years ago after convection in Earth’s mantle. The weak gravity could impact our ...

Commentary: We have people promoting conspiracy “theories” for a variety of reasons. The one thing they all have in common is the lack of verifiable evidence.

After years of debate, researchers have determined that the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was formed by an asteroid ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said a 2.3-magnitude earthquake struck just before 10:30 a.m. near Sleepy Hollow.

Understanding history helps us make sense of the present and even make predictions for the future. It’s not just historians ...

Now imagine opening it and finding that more than a billion years of pages are missing. That mystery is called the Great Unconformity. A ...

In a single morning, the world learned something that naval strategists have long understood, but policymakers have consistently underestimated: you do not need to close a strait. You only need to ...