NASA scientists, including many from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, are crisscrossing the globe in 2017 — from a Hawaiian volcano to Colorado mountaintops and west Pacific ...

Anaheim, Calif., USA: Field trips are a vital component of experiential learning in the earth science community, offering hands-on opportunities for students, professionals, and community members to ...

At least part of the answer appears to be hiding inside a seemingly random organ. Immune cells inside pigeon livers called ...

High-energy particles called galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) bombard unprotected objects in space, often causing damage. Earth, however, is protected by its magnetic field, which creates a protective ...

The fascination with magma isn’t just found in movies like “Austin Powers.” It’s also taking shape for students in the ERT 407: Geological Field Training class. The class set out last summer on a ...

A new study has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth's magnetic field, and found that it appears remarkably similar to the field surrounding Earth today. A new study, led by the University ...

Earth's magnetic field may have been similarly as strong 3.7 billion years ago as it is today, pushing the earliest date for this planetary protective bubble back 200 million years. The new study ...