Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, ...

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 ...

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

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

New research has uncovered that early Earth may have contained far more hydrogen than previously thought, potentially ...

suggesting that early Earth would have been home to sufficient hydrogen to have allowed the formation of water molecules. This finding calls into question the widely held belief that hydrogen ...

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

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Earth's first crust, formed around 4.5 billion years ago, likely had chemical features similar to today's continental crust, suggesting that the distinctive ...

With water covering the majority of our planet, scientists have been wading through ideas to answer a fundamental question: Where did it all come from? A popular theory suggests asteroids or ...

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.