geology

New study suggests the Earth’s inner core might have its own innermost core

It's inner cores all the way down.

By Cassidy Ward | 

3 weeks ago

Did the Earth's core really stop spinning or reverse direction?

If the Earth stops spinning, will the planet explode? (Hint: no)

By Cassidy Ward | 

1 month ago

Good news! Yellowstone super volcano unlikely to erupt anytime soon

But it definitely WILL erupt, someday.

By Cassidy Ward | 

3 months ago

Asia, Australia & the Americas on a collision course to become a supercontinent in 280 million years

Like a slow moving runaway train.

By Cassidy Ward | 

5 months ago

Ancient humans at Cradle of Humankind are a million years older than we thought

Do you feel old yet?

By Cassidy Ward | 

8 months ago

Earth’s core is speeding up and slowing down

Go home, Earth’s core. You’re drunk.

By Phil Plait | 

9 months ago

Weird water dynamics fuel deep earthquakes and fist-sized diamonds

That's a chaos gem if we've ever seen one.

By Cassidy Ward | 

9 months ago

Volcanoes and earthquakes could have started as far back as 3.8 billion years ago

There was a literal seismic shift some 3.8 billion years ago.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

10 months ago

Titan has geological features eerily similar to those on Earth

Alien world of Titan is more like Earth than you'd think.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

11 months ago

Earth has an exhaust leak that goes way back to the Big Bang

This is not the stuff that comes out of your car.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

11 months ago