The moon will be 99% full Friday night, and with mostly clear skies expected for Louisville in the evening, tonight is a good ...

The new discovery by geoscientists from the University of Aberdeen provides the strongest evidence yet that some of ...

Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

A Loughborough University student has developed a new medical device that could transform how prostate health is assessed and ...

But in space or on the Moon, there are no power lines, no sunlight at night and no backup grid. Every system — from life ...

The shattered star at the center was once a white dwarf, a stellar ember no larger than Earth, yet almost as heavy as the Sun ...

The explosion of a star, called a supernova, is an immensely violent event. It usually involves a star more than eight times ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.

Home > Science Earth Is Pushing Its Inner Stash of Rare Metals Toward the Surface Gold is among those metals, as are ruthenium, platinum, and iridium.

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than scientists thought.

The Earth's inner core, long considered a solid and stable sphere, may be quite different. A recent study suggests that its surface is undergoing structural transformations, challenging our ...