The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the ...

A research team led by geophysicists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provides an explanation for ...

The composition of crystals in volcanic rocks changes with their ages in ways that correlate with the Solar System’s ...

Late-stage planetary collisions reshaped Earth and its neighboring planets, delivering water, altering their atmospheres, and ...

A planetary scientist walks through the sensors and systems that went into the recent detection of potential biosignatures.

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...