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

A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought.

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

How core-mantle differentiation influenced the distribution of volatile elements on Earth. Imagine Earth's history as a ...

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

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

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

The Moon’s surface is covered by impact craters, ranging from microscopic pits to massive basins over 1,000 kilometres across ...