October 21, 2015 NASA rover to explore… Greenland NASA's newest rover won't be exploring another planet, but will take a look at part of our own.
October 21, 2015 'Nile river' discovered on Saturn moon Titan -- first river on another planet The Cassini Solstice mission has discovered what appears to be a miniature version* of the Nile River on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The 400 kilometer (250 mile) long feature -- from 'headwaters' to a large sea -- is the longest extraterrestrial river ever to be discovered and imaged to such high resolution.
October 21, 2015 Google's phantom island may have 19th-century roots A Kiwi librarian may have discovered the origin of a nonexistent island that's been outfoxing cartographers for more than a century.
October 21, 2015 Did dinosaurs cavort in the Grand Canyon? The awe-inspiring Grand Canyon was probably carved about 70 million years ago, much earlier than thought, a provocative new study suggests -- so early that dinosaurs might have roamed near this natural wonder.
October 21, 2015 Lava Erupts at Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano Lava is streaming from an eruption north of Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano, the Icelandic Met Office has confirmed.
October 21, 2015 Where did Virginia's volcanoes come from? The youngest volcanoes on the East Coast share an unusual geological link with islands on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean, a new study reports.
October 21, 2015 'Shipwreck' is actually rare tar volcanoes Scientists searching for shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico found something a lot stranger last week: a pair of rare "tar volcanoes" spouting asphalt.
October 21, 2015 Scientist: Gold crystal 'too big to be real' is real It's a single gold crystal that "seemed almost too perfect and too big to be real," per a press release about it.
October 21, 2015 Expedition explores underwater 'grand canyon' A five-week expedition to map and sample a giant underwater canyon off the northwest coast of Morocco has completed its mission, yielding the best look yet at the deep-sea wonder.
October 21, 2015 Antarctica sets low temperature record of -135.8 degrees Feeling chilly? Here's cold comfort: You could be in East Antarctica which new data says set a record for "soul-crushing" cold.
