An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a ...

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

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

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, ...

A few hundred eclipse chasers flocked to Chile's Rapa Nui to see annularity from the home of the mysterious moai.

Oct. 2's annular solar eclipse saw a small-looking new moon cross the face of the sun to create a perfect circle for about ...

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

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island ...

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

Chile's Easter Island is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic. According to data from authorities, the island receives around 50 times more plastic and microplastic than the coasts of Chile. Fiona ...

AI analysis of satellite imagery data is a new method for estimating population size. Bayesian model-based analysis points to ...