Image depicts the change in impact rate modeled in this paper. Some of the craters used in the study on both the moon and Earth are highlighted in the background. Credit: Data from NASA GSFC / LRO / Arizona State University; Artwork by Rebecca Ghent

Scientists find increase in asteroid impacts on ancient Earth by studying...

The Santiaguito volcano: The Santiaguito dome complex in Guatemala regularly spews out plumes of gas and volcanic ash.

Geological fingerprinting of volcanic ash

Where plates collide: The main frontal thrust (red line) extends over the entire length of the Himalayas. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

Waiting for the complete rupture

Drilling deep for clues on earthquakes

New computer modeling approach could improve understanding of megathrust earthquakes

Robot recreates the walk of a 290-million-year-old creature

CHW 189 from the private collection of Herman Winkelhorst (Netherlands). The neck of the animal is excellently preserved, but the rest is not. One possible explanation may be that this is the result of uneven colonization of the carcass by microorganisms and algae, which created a protective layer especially around the neck

Fossil deposit is much richer than expected

Sampling Hot Molten Lava

Bismuth Crystal “Artificially grown bismuth crystal”

Findings about the effect of a volcano's age on its likelihood to erupt will be applied to the Merapi volcano in Indonesia, among others.

How to predict when a volcano will erupt

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