At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

About 3.8 billion years ago, two massive canyons likely formed on the moon in a span of less than 10 minutes, according to ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

From towering mountains to vast deserts, America’s landscapes were shaped by powerful geological forces over millions of ...

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean Sea Saturday triggered tsunami warnings for Cuba and the Cayman Islands and ...

Nishimura said he believes that “something” is water. A possible source of the water is the oceanic tectonic plate, which is moving from beneath the Pacific and subducting toward greater ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 14.

China’s population has shrunk for three years in a row despite a slight increase in the birth rate last year. The working population, classified as those between the ages of 16 and 59, also ...

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago has found evidence via lab experiments ...

Photo by Tanaphong Toochinda on Unsplash China does not include the debts of state-owned enterprises into its accounts. These businesses, which are controlled either by the central government or by ...

The U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday that it was suspending acceptance of inbound packages from China and Hong Kong, then reversed that decision Wednesday. VOA’s Steve Herman reports.