Mineral dust shapes Earth’s climate by influencing sunlight, clouds, nutrient transport, and even how quickly snow melts. But ...

The mother of Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old college student murdered in Chicago by an illegal immigrant who had previously ...

Jupiter's moon Europa has become high-value real estate for astrobiologists and the search for life beyond Earth. This is ...

Photos and videos show a coastal area north of Caracas sustained some of the worst damage from earthquakes in Venezuela on ...

Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 3 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “weak,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. All times on the map are Japan time. The ...

On Wednesday evening just after 6pm local time, two earthquakes violently shook northern Venezuela. The first one struck near San Felipe, the capital of the state of Yaracuy. Just 39 seconds later, ...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 114 km south-southwest of Trenggalek on Indonesia’s island of Java at 07:47 UTC on June 27, ...