Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic.

Geography textbooks describe the Earth's mantle beneath its plates as a well-mixed viscous rock that moves along with those ...

A mysterious find on Easter Island, investigated by a team of geologists, suggests that the Earth's mantle seems to behave differently than once thought.

Traditionally, textbooks have described the mantle as a viscous, well-mixed layer that shifts along with tectonic plates, ...

The “ring of fire” eclipse of 2024 was a spectacular celestial event — and Dave Eicher saw it from an equally spectacular ...

On Wednesday (Oct. 2), an annular eclipse swept over the Pacific Ocean, Chile, and Argentina, wowing skywatchers who were on ...

Solar Eclipse Shines a 'Ring of Fire' Over Easter Island and Patagonia HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina ...

A few privileged skywatchers gathered on Chile's Easter Island on Wednesday to prepare to observe a solar eclipse.

On Oct. 2, 2024, a few hundred eclipse chasers will be on the volcanic Easter Island — called Rapa Nui by natives and one of the most remote places on Earth — to witness an annular solar eclipse.

Tourists enjoy ‘chance of a lifetime’ eclipse by ancient Moais on Easter Island Share Copyright 2024 The Associated Press.

About 3 hours and 4,400 miles (7,100 km) later is the point of the greatest eclipse, where annularity will last 7 minutes, 25 ...