Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites
The island of Cyprus began to form some 90 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous, with molten…
Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon – NASA Science
North-central Pennsylvania is canyon country with an Appalachian flair. Pine Creek Gorge reaches depths of about 1,500 feet…
An Impact Structure With Legs
Editor’s Note: Today’s story is the answer to the October Puzzler. From above, the mere appearance of a…
Uncovering the Valleys Hidden Below Greenland’s Ice
Greenland is capped with a vast ice sheet that spans 1.7 million square kilometers (656,000 square miles) and…
The Otherworldly Geology of Vasquez Rocks
Editor’s Note: Today’s story is the answer to the September Puzzler. Several of the outcrops at Vasquez Rocks…
How the Tide Turns at the Mouth of the Elbe
One of the major rivers of Europe, the Elbe flows more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) across the…
Shaping the Emerald City – NASA Science
Seattle, Washington—sometimes known as the “Emerald City”—was glimmering in the morning sunlight when an astronaut aboard the International…
Fans of the Arctic – NASA Science
Editor’s Note: Today’s story is the answer to the July Puzzler. Call it an alluvial face-off. On the southern…
Playing the Moon Game – NASA Science
In preparing to visit the Moon’s surface, soon-to-be lunar explorers in NASA’s Apollo program first ventured into a…
Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier
To say something moves at a glacial pace is to imply sluggish, unhurried change. But what transpired over…
Thailand’s Krabi Coast – NASA Science
Along the western coast of Southern Thailand, a series of bright tan beaches lines the Andaman Sea. These…
Eyeing the Richat Structure – NASA Science
In a remote part of northern Mauritania on the Adrar Plateau lies a desert landscape rich in human…