About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

From GPS to innovations in computing and optics, technologies developed for space research at UC Santa Cruz touch nearly ...

Last month was the third-warmest September on record globally, behind 2024 and 2023, according to new data analyzed by the ...

Damanveer Singh Grewal suggests that planetesimals in the early solar system emerged from a succession of high-energy ...

It calls for immediate global action, warning that ocean acidification and other environmental breaches risk irreversible ...

Surging temperatures worldwide have pushed coral reef ecosystems into a state of widespread decline, marking the first time ...

A new international study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals that the boundaries between geological epochs and periods, even though randomly distributed, follow a hidden, ...

Today marks a new era in the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Meenakshi Wadhwa takes the reins as the 12th ...

Explore the fascinating worlds of Planetary Science and Geophysics, uncovering mysteries of the cosmos and Earth's processes.

Robotic missions have significantly advanced our understanding of Mars' past climate and geology. Analysis of Martian rocks reveals evidence of past water and potentially organic compounds. A Mars ...