Space agencies have long worried about what happens when old satellites and rocket parts fall back through the atmosphere, but tracking those fiery descents in real time has been notoriously difficult ...

The impact of an earthquake on people and property depends not only on the earthquake's characteristics like magnitude and depth, but also on local soil conditions, which contribute to the so-called ...

Thunder from an earthquake and the roar of a jet feel worlds apart. Yet deep under your feet, both can leave nearly the same kind of trace. New research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows ...

A 28-year-old graduate student Bella Seppi is using earthquake sensors to track aircraft in Alaska, a groundbreaking ...

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Location of 29 seismological stations and 8,151 citizens' smartphones participating in the Earthquake Network (EQN) citizen science initiative on 8 June 2024 in the red zone of Campi Flegrei. The EQN ...