Two mysterious blobs deep inside Earth may hold clues about the origin of life on our planet, new research finds. Deep ...

Our Earth is about 4.5 billion years old and, through careful work, scientists have pieced together a timeline of its past. But much of its earliest history remains a mystery. Scant geological ...

This new understanding comes from a study by a team led by Rutgers University geodynamicist Yoshinori Miyazaki. The research ...

New research reveals that nickel and urea once throttled Earth’s earliest oxygen producers, delaying the planet’s transformation for nearly a billion years.

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes, NASA-funded research has found. By ...

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space. They hope the project will help shed light on some little-explored ...

ST. LOUIS – From monstrous tsunamis to building-shattering earthquakes to flood-inducing downpours, mother nature is a force to be reckoned with. We’re all tired of this extreme weather here on Earth ...

We know very little about some parts of Earth's atmosphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Japanese scientists have created the ...