Imagine a piece of string wrapped around the ... In the case of our 'string around the Earth' puzzle, the radius is being increased by 15cm, so we need to know that as a fraction of the original ...

The puzzle pieces left behind by Pangaea, from fossils to the matching shorelines along the Atlantic Ocean, provided the first hints that the Earth's continents move.

Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Colorado that massive glaciers covered Earth down to the equator hundreds of ...

Experts suggest this shift towards iron-favoring bacteria is a key puzzle piece depicting early life on Earth. Evidence of the impact is found in the Barberton Greenstone belt of South Africa ...

Uncover the golden fossil of Lomankus edgecombei, a 450-million-year-old arthropod, offering rare insights into ancient ...

Over time, the material in the ring will fall down to the larger body, where the larger pieces will form impact craters.

Scientists found molecules containing nitriles in space — the discovery could shed light on the origins of life as we know it ...

This shift toward iron-favoring bacteria, however short-lived, is a key puzzle piece depicting early life on Earth. According to Drabon's study, meteorite impact events -- while reputed to kill ...

The pieces to the puzzle had fallen into place ... to 50 km (6 to 30 miles) above the Earth’s surface—where a layer of ozone absorbs harmful ultraviolet radiation (see article on p. 12). OMI has been ...

Microplastics are in the Earth’s atmosphere and could be disrupting weather patterns and climate, according to Penn State ...

“Without the Moon, life on Earth would look different. It’s a part of our natural system that we want to better understand, and our study provides a tiny puzzle piece in that whole picture.” ...