What is happening in Earth's inner core? Discover the implications of its deformation for seismic activity and navigation.

Butch Wilmore, a fellow astronaut, stuck in space with Williams, revealed how gravity will be the biggest challenge when the ...

Isaac Newton - isn't he the guy who discovered gravity? Great! So, what's gravity? Aaaah, gravity is the force that makes objects fall towards the ground. And, without gravity, we'd all float!

Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. Until now the ... Feb. 10, 2025 — Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive ...

Atomic clocks are more accurate than those used to define the second, suggesting the definition might need to change ...

RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these blobs are both hotter and ...

After more than eight months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Sunita Williams is bracing for one of her toughest challenges yet—readjusting to Earth’s gravity.

Because the chance of an ­asteroid the size of a football pitch hitting Earth on that date has just doubled. If the giant rock is on a collision course with our planet, it could rip through the ...

Ukraine boasts vast reserves of ilmenite — a key element used to produce titanium — in the heavy mineral sands that stretch ...