When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...

In May 2024, auroras were observed at unusually low latitudes across the globe, lighting up skies that rarely see such ...

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and life sciences (including physics, chemistry, biology, ecology, soil science, geology, and geography) to the ...

While scientists are revising the timeline at Australia's North Pole Dome, it's still our oldest known crater.

Researchers modeled 1,000 years of earthquake history along Southern California's San Andreas and San Jacinto faults. What they found was troubling. Volcanologists discovered that really hot magma, ...

Hundreds of sextillions of dust grains may have escaped Earth and reached Europa, raising intriguing questions about the ...

A new study suggests Earth may have been sending tiny hitchhikers to Venus for billions of years. Researchers found that asteroid impacts could launch microbes into space, where some might survive the ...

Earth/space science teachers educate students on the four basic areas of scientific study classified as part of earth science: oceanography, astronomy, meteorology and geology. Earth scientists play a ...

The Department of Earth Science offers Master of Science and doctoral degree programs. Our research-oriented department is affiliated with a number of research institutes and research centers, ...