Scientists have uncovered the oldest direct evidence yet that Earth’s tectonic plates were on the move 3.5 billion years ago. By analyzing magnetic fingerprints in ancient rocks, they reconstructed ...

According to a recent news release, Boise State researchers are part of the team behind the Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) a satellite mission concept ...

Boise State researchers are part of the team behind the Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer, or EDGE, a satellite mission concept aimed at monitoring Earth’s land, ice and coastal regions that NASA ...

A routine drive by NASA’s Curiosity rover accidentally cracked open a Martian rock, revealing rare yellow sulfur crystals. The strange discovery has scientists questioning how such an unexpected ...

Greenland Energy Company, led by Texas oil veteran Robert Price, is preparing to drill the Jameson Land basin in Greenland's east coast, a strategically important, untested Arctic petroleum system ...

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Over 600 million years ago, most of Earth completely froze over, becoming “Snowball Earth.” But even during this frigid period, the climate still behaved in familiar ways, earth scientist Chloe ...

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." "These are times when geologic evidence indicates Earth froze over, essentially from ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two missions NASA selected Feb. 5 for its Earth System Explorer program. Credit: Lanteris Space Systems WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth ...

How valuable would Greenland’s rare earth minerals be to the U.S.? It can depend on who — and when — you ask. With President Donald Trump recently revisiting his interest in making the island part of ...