China is preparing to launch a new three-person mission to complete work on its permanent orbiting space station, the China Manned Space Agency said...
Large earthquakes can wreak enormous violence upon lives, livelihoods, infrastructure and the environment. High-density urban populations in the relatively small, seismically active areas of...
A team of international scientists — including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London — has...
A new NASA climate simulation suggests that extremely large volcanic eruptions called "flood basalt eruptions" might significantly warm Earth's climate and devastate the ozone...
The high efficiency, light weight and flexibility of the latest solar cell technology means photovoltaics could provide all the power needed for an extended...
Ichthyosaurs are a group of successful Mesozoic marine reptiles that have a worldwide distribution, but their evolutionary origin is still unclear. In recent years,...
Following a thorough evaluation, NASA has extended the planetary science missions of eight of its spacecraft due to their scientific productivity and potential to...
An international team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego used computer model simulations to find that climate change...
