Harry Baker

A new study using lunar samples obtained by China's Chang'e 5 rover has revealed how the moon was able to remain volcanically active even after its mantle began to cool.

A new satellite image shows that the world's largest iceberg, A-76A, has entered the Drake Passage, a waterway that contains a fast-moving ocean current that will send the mighty berg on a one-way trip to its watery grave.

On Nov. 3, a solar storm caused a temporary crack in Earth's magnetic field. The resulting hole enabled energetic particles to penetrate deep into the planet's atmosphere and set off extremely rare pink auroras.

Researchers estimate that blue whales may each consume up to 10 million pieces of microplastic every day during their main feeding season as they chow down on plastic-filled prey.

Researchers have accurately measured the height of the eruption plume from the undersea volcano that erupted in Tonga in January. The results confirm that it is the tallest of its kind ever recorded.

An adult southern right whale was recently spotted swimming alongside a humpback whale calf. Experts think the larger whale may have adopted the juvenile after it lost its real mother.

A 5-month-old bar-tailed godwit recently flew non-stop for 265 hours as it migrated more than 8,000 miles from Alaska to Tasmania.

A collapsed dam at a diamond mine in South Africa recently released a torrent of mining waste into the surrounding area. A new satellite image shows the trail of dried and potentially toxic mud left behind.

During thunderstorms, leaves from trees and other plants create mini electric discharges that can significantly alter the surrounding air quality. But researchers are unsure if this is beneficial or harmful.

A group of more than 100 international researchers has signed an open letter to the Biden administration calling for urgent action to save Rice's whale from extinction.

Astronomers have discovered that a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid, 3200 Phaethon, has an unusual accelerating spin that could eventually change its trajectory through the solar system.

An astronaut onboard the ISS recently captured a peculiar image of Earth with two unrelated blue blobs of light shining in the planet's atmosphere.

A new study has revealed that a 6,000-pound giant sunfish found dead in the Azores is the heaviest bony fish ever recorded.

Researchers taught a synthetic neuron network to play a version of the retro arcade game "Pong" by integrating the brain cells into an electrode array controlled by a computer program.

Analysis of DNA samples collected from beneath the seafloor in Antarctica has revealed that some of the ancient genetic material could be around 1 million years old.

All three lakes used to be part of the same ancient body of water.

The winning images from Nikon's Small World Photomicrography Competition 2022 include a stunningly detailed embryonic gecko hand, an alien-looking slime mold and a stained segment of dinosaur bone.

Whale watchers in British Columbia recently witnessed an intense showdown between a group of 15 transient killer whales and a pair of female humpback whales in the Salish Sea.

The subterranean structures could provide clues about how modern ice sheets will react to climate change.

An astrophotographer has captured a stunning composite image of a massive coronal mass ejection shooting out of the sun.

New research suggests that the asteroid responsible for forming Earth's largest impact crater was even bigger than researchers had previously estimated.

The unorthodox therapy could soon be used on humans.

Researchers in China have discovered fossilized fragments of an ancient shark-like fish — the oldest jawed vertebrate ever discovered.

A new astronaut photo shows the Carrizozo Malpaís lava flow in New Mexico in stunning detail.

Astronomers have detected an X-ray flare from a blob of superhot gas orbiting Sagittarius A* at 30% the speed of light.