We know that the Earth has an iron core surrounded by a mantle of silicate bedrock and water (oceans) on its surface. Science has used this simple planet model until today for investigating ...

With the Earth moving on a rotational pole, the distribution of water on the planet impacts distribution of mass. “Like adding a tiny bit of weight to a spinning top,” authors say, “the ...

Water may be generated on the moon as the result of high-energy electrons bombarding the lunar surface as it passes through Earth’s magnetic tail.

Rampant removal of groundwater for drinking and irrigation has altered the distribution of water on Earth enough to shift the planet’s tilt, according to a sweeping new study.The finding ...

Other "non-negligible" changes in water and mass distribution may have played a role in polar motion between 1993 and 2010 — including shifts in natural lake levels, mantle convection and ...

Earth’s water may not have originated from asteroids after all. Scientists have long questioned whether an early Earth could have contained the appropriate hydrogen and oxygen on its own to ...

A man walks across the dry bed of Lake Ahmad Sar in India in 2015. The total amount of water in Earth’s lakes, rivers and soils has drastically dropped since the turn of the century, a new study ...

Water has power. So much power, in fact, that pumping Earth’s groundwater can change the planet’s tilt and rotation. It can also impact sea-level rise and other consequences of climate change.

Astronomers have completed the first map of water distribution on the moon, ... "SOFIA, however, flew 99.9% above Earth's atmospheric water, allowing us to detect lunar water," Honniball said.

Barely 1% of the outcomes had an Earth-like distribution of land and water. "We Earthlings enjoy the balance between land areas and oceans on our home planet.

The distribution of water on the planet affects how mass is distributed. Like adding a tiny bit of weight to a spinning top, the Earth spins a little differently as water is moved around.