A new study presents a geological explanation for the East Antarctic Ice Sheet's head start. This annual phenomenon can influence weather in a variety of ways, from raising local temperatures to ...

When NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, launched into orbit in 2016, none of the University of ...

(Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) If potted plants always seem to die under your care, you can take solace in ...

Science has a funny way of humbling certainty. Most of us carry a mental picture of how Earth works that was assembled in ...

Earth reaches aphelion on July 6, 2026, placing it about 152 million kilometres from the Sun. So why is it still summer?

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and life sciences (including physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, soil science, geology, and geography) to the ...

A new study gives fresh insight into what happens to planets after the death of their star. The post Science reveals fate of ...

The asteroid Torifune, recently photographed by the Hayabusa2 probe, displays an astonishing peanut shape typical of contact ...

Earth/space science teachers educate students on the four basic areas of scientific study classified as part of earth science: oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and geology. Earth scientists play a ...

Learn more about the department's name change from geological sciences to the Department of Earth Science, including the effect on degree names and curricula. The Department of Geological Sciences is ...