The 4-Billion-Year Journey of Earth’s Most Precious Metal The Cosmic Birth of Gold Gold — one of humanity’s oldest obsessions — is far more than a shining metal. Its story begins not on Earth, but in ...

October 2025/Kiel. The Southern Ocean around Antarctica plays a decisive role in the global carbon cycle – and thus in the climate system. This is supported by a new study involving the GEOMAR ...

A subduction zone breaking apart was caught in real time, showing how Earth’s tectonic plates die, detach, and reshape the ...

Earth's climate has fluctuated between cold and warm periods for millions of years. During the so-called "lukewarm ...

NASA researchers have found new evidence that Saturn's ice moon Enceladus could possess the proper conditions to harbor life. The research, using data collected by previous space missions, suggests ...

A continent the size of Greenland has been found buried deep beneath Southern Europe, reshaping how scientists understand the ...

Explore Earth's highest and lowest points—from Mount Everest and the Dead Sea to Challenger Deep. Discover how these extremes ...

Scientists have discovered that the far side of the Moon is colder deep within its interior than the side that always faces ...

In the heart of Michigan’s Little Bavaria sits a gleaming white colonial building where culinary magic happens daily and fried chicken dreams come true.

Carmen Chávez has a clear answer for those wondering why she and her partner chose to get married on Sept. 19 — the anniversary of two deadly ...

Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.

If you were to hold a grain of zircon in your hand, it would look like nothing special — just a tiny, sand-sized crystal, no ...