There are some aspects of the very early evolution of planets that we can actually see in their structure today." To better understand old planets, we must first learn how young planets behave. Since ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

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

The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The Archaean period lasted 1.5 billion years. This is more than half of Earth’s history. By comparison, the entire history of the rise and evolution of ...

Researchers demonstrated that the electricity caused by splashing water would have been enough to form organic molecules in early Earth. © wirestock via Freepik ...

Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges among water droplets from crashing waterfalls or breaking waves. New ...

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.