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What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ultimately set the stage for the dinosaur...

New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth’s rich diversity of life

EARTH 04/12/2023

Earth's surface is the living skin of our planet—it connects the physical, chemical and biological systems. Over geological time, this surface evolves. Rivers fragment the landscape into an environmentally diverse range of habitats. These rivers also transfer sediments...

Japan issues tsunami alert after M7.7 quake hits off Philippines

EARTHQUAKES 03/12/2023

Japan's weather agency issued a tsunami alert late Saturday for wide areas facing the Pacific including the prefectures of Chiba, Shizuoka and Kagoshima, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 hit off the southern...

VOLCANOES

The eruption of the Marapi volcano, the death toll rises to 22

VOLCANOES 05/12/2023

Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts, killing 11 climbers; 12 missing

VOLCANOES 04/12/2023

Waiting for an eruption—what do we know about the Iceland volcano?

VOLCANOES 30/11/2023

The mystery of volcanic tsunami solved after 373 years

VOLCANOES 25/11/2023

Eruption of Papua New Guinea volcano subsides, though thick ash is billowing 3 miles into the sky

VOLCANOES 21/11/2023

Study examines how massive 2022 eruption changed stratosphere chemistry and dynamics

VOLCANOES 21/11/2023

ASTRONOMY

Could life exist in molecular clouds?

ASTRONOMY 02/12/2023

Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth, Ryugu samples study finds

ASTRONOMY 01/12/2023

NASA feels a ‘sense of urgency’ to get to Mars: Idaho scientists could help us get there

ASTRONOMY 27/11/2023

Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago, study suggests

ASTRONOMY 25/11/2023

New Indian telescope identifies its first supernova

ASTRONOMY 25/11/2023

NASA uses two worlds to test future Mars helicopter designs

ASTRONOMY 23/11/2023

MARS

Zhurong rover detects mysterious polygons beneath the surface of Mars

MARS30/11/2023

China's Zhurong rover was equipped with a ground-penetrating radar system, allowing it to peer beneath Mars's surface. Researchers have announced new results from the scans of Zhurong's landing site in Utopia Planitia, saying they identified irregular...

Indonesia’s Marapi volcano erupts, killing 11 climbers; 12 missing

VOLCANOES 04/12/2023

Eleven climbers were found dead in Indonesia on Monday and 12 were missing after the Marapi volcano erupted in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as search operations - which were halted temporarily over safety concerns...

New unified theory shows how past landscapes drove the evolution of Earth’s rich diversity of life

EARTH 04/12/2023

PALEONTOLOGY

The ocean’s first large swimming apex predators had exceptionally rapid growth, fossil study finds

PALEONTOLOGY 03/12/2023

The rapid diversification of animals over 500 million years ago—often referred to as the Cambrian Explosion—saw the appearance of the first large swimming predators in our oceans. Amplectobelua symbrachiata, a member of the group Radiodonta, which...