Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until now the ...

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

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Among the 30,000-plus worthies gathered for that scientific soirée was Erich Fischer, a senior researcher at the Institute ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

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The sun has a lot more pressure than Earth's reactors, so scientists compensate by using temperatures that are many times hotter than the sun. EAST's new record won't immediately usher in what is ...

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity.

Instead of relying on energy-hungry reactors to generate high temperatures and pressure, researchers are looking underground at Earth's natural heat and forces to cook up ammonia for fertilizer. The ...

The Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EEAS ... Before starting his Ph.D. in atmospheric science at UMass Lowell, Tyler Harrington interned at the Federal Aviation ...

As winter temperatures plummet, low tire pressure warnings will start illuminating dashboards. This common occurrence is not just a distraction; it can negatively impact tire performance and gas ...

From the flamboyant blossoms and birds of rainforests to the living rainbows of coral reefs, Earth’s surface is ... in a study recently published in Science Advances. Microbes have adapted ...