Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

In January, 100 on-site contractors at JPL were let go after NASA instructed the lab to reduce spending in anticipation of a ...

Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

The volcanic layers in the Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that ...

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Now a study of the volcano's lava confirms their timeline for when the molten rock below was on the move ... near the volcano ...

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

Another port on a wall opposite to the entrance is where Orion crew spacecraft would dock to bring astronauts, moon rocks and ...

Tullis, born in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is survived by her sisters Mary Conway and Ellen Shelton; her nieces, Jessie and Kit ...