Old satellites and other space junk fall toward Earth every day, and the shock waves they create could be used to track their ...

Scientists have discovered a novel method to track space debris, utilizing atmospheric sonic booms as the debris reenters Earth's atmosphere.

NASA’s InSight lander has deployed its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, completing a major mission milestone. New images from the lander show the seismometer on the ground, its ...

As scientists in the northwest work to increase seismic monitoring in the region, they’re now shifting focus to areas beyond metro populations, adding more seismometers to volcanoes and planning ...

When conventional seismometers in Haiti failed before the 2010 quake, cheaper, less sophisticated devices helped seismic researchers fill in the blanks. By Kenneth Chang When a magnitude-7.0 ...

Hurricane Melissa will go down as one of the worst hurricanes ever in the Atlantic Ocean, with the hurricane reaching a strength that only a handful of storms have achieved in recorded history.

Aaron Lojewski, who leads aurora sightseeing tours in Alaska, was lucky enough to photograph a “eruption” of brilliant pink light in the night skies one night in February. The same perturbations of ...