Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

An international collaboration between four scientists from Mainz, Valencia, Madrid, and Zurich has published new research in ...

Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?