Dark matter is so pervasive throughout galaxies that its presence explains the stability and motion of stars in systems such as the Milky Way. For example, current models indicate that our galaxy is ...

Learn about the archaeological site of 'Ubeidiya, now confirmed as one of the oldest areas that humans occupied outside of ...

The magnetized rocks of Earth's crust and mantle, also known as the upper lithosphere, accounts for generating 6 percent of the planets magnetic field. Data from the European Space Agency's Swarm ...

NASA has always made it a point to encourage us citizen scientists to lend them a hand. Right now, they could really use your help protecting Earth against waves of punishing, disruptive solar winds.

The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first-ever three-dimensional images of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing a chaotic and shimmering world of infrared auroras.

The Brunhes-Matuyama reversal, which happened around 775,000 years ago, backs up the new findings. A study from 2019 found that the flip took 22,000 years to complete – so drawn-out reversals may be ...

The mystery of the works of an American naval base in Nea Makri, Greece has investigators of unexplainable phenomena speak of ...

A surprising observation has recently highlighted a close relationship between our planet's magnetic field and the oxygen content of its atmosphere. Over more than half a billion years, these ...

A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international team of astronomers in creating the first-ever three-dimensional map of Uranus's upper ...

Northumbria University PhD student Paola Titanti has led an international team of astronomers in creating the first-ever ...

Here’s the thing: science is supposed to feel like this occasionally. A good model explains most observations and makes ...

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.