Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean ...

Hundreds of marches, pickets, and cleanup events are taking place across the US in the run-up to Earth Day on Tuesday, as ...

Learn about new evidence that suggests life on Earth may have started with the help of molecules that were delivered by ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...

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

Earth and Mars are mysteriously low in elements like copper and zinc, which are crucial for planetary chemistry and potentially life. A new study overturns old theories by showing that these elements ...

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

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...

Scientists discover hydrogen in a rare meteorite, suggesting Earth had the ingredients to make water from the start.

Major implications for Earth's geochemical history The researchers also highlighted the formation of a significant quantity of solids at the surface rather than at depth. This observation suggests ...