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A vast region of low gravity beneath Antarctica is giving scientists an unprecedented look back at 70 million years of Earth's deep interior history.
A volcano in Ethiopia, dormant for over 12,000 years, has erupted, launching a massive ash cloud 45,000 feet into the air that has spread across Asia.
The Kansas Geological Survey has opened an expanded 5,500-square-foot laboratory to enhance research on the state's subsurface natural resources.
Ancient 3.7-billion-year-old rocks from Western Australia reveal a chemical signature matching Apollo moon samples, supporting the theory of the moon's violent formation.
An astronaut photograph from the International Space Station reveals a massive volcanic caldera in the Sahara Desert that looks remarkably like a giant skull.
Scientists have discovered what may be the first direct evidence of the primordial 'proto-Earth' that existed before the Moon-forming impact 4.5 billion years ago.
NASA and the USGS are using a high-altitude ER-2 aircraft to map critical minerals like lithium and cobalt across the southwestern United States.
New research suggests a mysterious platinum layer in Greenland's ice, dated to 12,800 years ago, was caused by an Icelandic volcano, not a meteorite impact.
After two decades of debate, scientists have confirmed the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was formed by an asteroid impact 43 to 46 million years ago.
