This is because the planet's rotation has entered an unexpected period of acceleration, but what would happen if it kept ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Over the past two centuries, humans have quietly nudged the very axis of our planet. As thousands of dams have been built ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...

An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the ...

Together, these program elements cover the wide range of basic and applied supporting research and technology in space and Earth sciences supported by SMD. ROSES NRA may result in grants, cooperative ...