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InSight Data Reveal Kilometer-Scale Fragments Embedded in Mars’ Mantle

Researchers report in Science that Mars preserved impact debris due to its long‑lived stagnant lid.

New Crocodyliform Kostensuchus atrox Identified as Hypercarnivorous Apex Predator in Cretaceous Patagonia

Shinmoedake Erupts, Sending Ash 7 Kilometers High Over Kyushu

Oldest Ankylosaur Revealed With Meter-Long Neck Spikes and Early Tail Weapon

USGS Logs 8 Quakes in 24 Hours Across North America, Including M5.9 Off Alaska

New Sail-Backed Dinosaur From Isle of Wight Identified as Istiorachis macarthurae

Kīlauea Poised for 31st Eruption Since December as Summit Vents Fountain

510-Kilometer Supershear Rupture on Myanmar’s Sagaing Fault Defies Hazard Models

Study Warns Moonquakes and Thrust Faults Endanger Long-Term Lunar Habitats

Northern California’s Geysers Geothermal Field Shaken by Over 130 Quakes

Engineered Metal Surface Uses Meltwater and Surface Tension to Self-Propel Ice Discs

Scientists Name Shark-Like Oligocene Whale Janjucetus dullardi

UGA Researchers Propose 'McDonough Meteorite' Name for 4.56-Billion-Year-Old Space Rock

Curiosity Captures Coral-Like Mineral Pseudofossil in Gale Crater

6.1-Magnitude Earthquake in Balikesir Kills One, Injures 29 and Spurs Negligence Investigation

Georgia Meteorite Dated at 4.56 Billion Years, Heads for Official Naming

Deep-Sea Cores Uncover Possible Cometary Debris at Younger Dryas Onset

SWOT Satellite Validates NOAA Tsunami Models and Enables Operational Integration

Minor Earthquakes Continue Across U.S. and Territories, Largest at 4.6 Mw in Alaska

Two Small Quakes Rattle New Jersey’s Ramapo Fault System