Scientists have long questioned whether an early Earth could have contained the appropriate hydrogen and oxygen on its own to ...

Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, may still persist today as odd anomalies in the mantle.

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

A new study has upended a long-held theory that asteroids brought water to Earth – as it turns out it may have always been here ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

In the intense early days of the space race, a small, unusual satellite was launched into space sixty-seven years ago.

A recent study has overturned a foundational assumption about Earth’s early geological evolution by showing that the planet’s very first crust, formed around 4.5 billion years ago, already exhibited ...

One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began.

The spaceflights are ones billionaire Jeff Bezos's space technology company has been offering since 2021. This time, six ...

Mar. 7, 2025 — An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the sequence of events during the last million years ...

The planet Earth thawed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. The Moon was created when a Mars-sized object crashed. If there ...