Flat Earth theory can be tested without relying on space photographs or one institution. Several independent observations ...

Earth's shape can be tested in surprisingly simple ways without relying on space photographs. The strongest part of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Gold is a surprisingly common metal (it is more common than lead ...

NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes across our planet’s land and icy regions. By Kenneth Chang A new radar satellite ...

A research team including a University of Michigan scientist has discovered a new gold-sulfur complex that helps researchers understand how gold deposits are formed. Gold in ore deposits associated ...

Researchers have discovered a new gold-sulfur complex that sheds light on how gold deposits are formed. Gold in ore deposits associated with volcanoes around the Pacific Ring of Fire originates in ...

Earth’s days are not always exactly 24 hours long. Tiny changes in the planet’s rotation can add or shave off a few ...

Hyperspectral remote sensing has transformed Earth observation by enabling material- and object-level identification based on diagnostic spectral ...

A view of one part of the Paleontology collection in the Museum of Natural History, arranged by the addition of representative specimens from other parts of the three floors of fossils in the East ...

The phrase "water is life" is true – water makes all known life on Earth possible. It's also a key component in lubricating the super-slow movement of Earth's mantle layer, hydrating those rock layers ...