Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists ...

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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New model suggests an ocean of magma formed within the first few hundred million years of Earth's ...

Potentially the largest known source of niobium discovered in central Australia formed 830 million years ago, and we can ...

Wind from Earth is causing the Moon to rust - New findings indicate a long-term material exchange between Earth and the Moon ...

There are several theories about how the Earth and the Moon were formed, most involving a giant impact. They vary from a model where the impacting object strikes the newly formed Earth a glancing blow ...

A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new constraint on the chemistry of Earth's core, by showing how it was able to ...

The extinction of dinosaurs reshaped rivers, forests, and landscapes—changes still recorded in the rock layers across North ...

Earth's mantle is a restless, enigmatic engine that powers volcanism, recycles crust, and regulates the long-term evolution ...