New estimates show that a mineral likely common in these rocky planets’ interiors is resistant to melting, even at high ...

New sediment-provenance data date the closure of the southern Neotethys and the Arabia–Eastern Anatolia collision to 74–71 ...

A love for experimental music helped Chet Udell forge a unique career developing new musical and scientific instruments.

She came to NASA with the goal of making planetary science front and center of the Artemis missions. She succeeded.

Kuwanna Dyer-Pietras didn’t plan to become a geologist. She wanted to be a storm chaser.

It was the dinosaurs that set Daniel Pastor-Galán on his journey to tectonics. As a Jurassic Park–obsessed youth, he says ...

Growing up, this art lover had no idea she would someday become a scientist. Today, her curiosity is helping explore the intersection of atmospheric data and immersive art.

A major landslide in the North Shewa Zone of Ethiopia has killed at least 14 pilgrims gathered at a monastery. On 3 August 2026, a significant landslide occurred at the Debre Metmik Tsadkane Mariam ...

Jill Pelto’s depiction of a North Cascade glacier incorporates glacier mass balance data for all North Cascade glaciers in Washington from 1984 to 2022. Credit: Jill Pelto Art Jill Pelto describes ...

Sidney Opiyo’s research into fisheries overlaps with his interests in scuba diving and photography. Credit: Sidney Opiyo For much of his life, Sidney Opiyo has been surrounded by fishing. In his ...

Elizabeth Cottrell went from collecting rocks as a child to becoming the steward of one of the world’s largest collections of rocks and ores. Here she is seen working in her laboratory at the National ...