New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...

also known as Crab Island Pool on the island's west. Although a concrete wall protects bathers, online travel site warnings advise tourists to stay out of the pool when ocean waves are high ...

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic, on one of the northernmost points of land in the world, sits a small permanent seismic ...

Researchers at Stanford University developed a new method to measure water levels in the state’s aquifers using readily available seismic data.

The 1956 earthquake was a mainshock–aftershock sequence, with aftershocks lasting at least eight months after the mainshock.

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

In 2021 and 2022, NASA’s InSight lander picked up the tremors coming from the depths of Mars. These Marsquakes were quickly linked with orbital images revealing fresh craters. This was no coincidence: ...

Two huge masses deep within ... measurements of such seismic waves identified two strange continent-sized structures, one beneath the Pacific Ocean and one beneath Africa. They extend nearly ...

Neutrinos are sometimes called “ghost particles,” because they are nearly weightless, rarely interact with any other matter, ...