Far from our solar system, astronomers have finally watched a star consume one of its own planets, catching in real time a ...

Russia has quietly vaulted into the front rank of quantum powers with a neutral-atom machine that combines a 72-qubit scale ...

A rare earthquake in Myanmar revealed how a long, mature fault can transmit energy directly to the surface. The discovery may change how scientists evaluate the danger posed by major faults around the ...

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has rocked Alaska on Saturday, Dec. 6, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake occurred at 11:41 a.m. local time in northeast of Yakutat, ...

Scientists reveal a hidden brain code that tracks distance and time in the dark, offering new insight into navigation and ...

"Over that vast time, the rough edges and bends in the fault have been ground down," first author Eric Lindsey, a ...

Researchers studying a massive landslide in Alaska have detected strange seasonal seismic pulses caused by water freezing and ...

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...

A minor, 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 10:27 a.m. Pacific time about 8 miles northwest ...

KUOW Photo/John Ryan It was just before midnight when the tsunami that started with an earthquake in Alaska’s Prince William Sound reached Washington state. The year was 1964. At La Push, a 7-foot ...

Tim Fang is a digital producer at CBS Bay Area. A Bay Area native, Tim has been a part of the CBS Bay Area newsroom for more than two decades and joined the digital staff in 2006. A series of small ...

Escalating activity along a fault line in the Sea of Marmara is moving closer to Istanbul, seismologists warn. By Robin George Andrews Something ominous is happening deep below the Sea of Marmara in ...