Fossils from Earth’s biggest extinction reveal forest collapse triggered runaway warming - offering a warning for today’s ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

A phase change in post-perovskite materials at the so-called D” discontinuity is also evidence for long-predicted slow, convective flows in the mantle itself ...

"This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental ...

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

New Permian species, Yinshanosaurus angustus, found in China.

The notion of consensus is poorly suited to scientific practice, where conclusions must remain revisable in light of new ...

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious ...

The formation of Heart Mountain near Cody is a story of a block of rock the size of Rhode Island moving at 700 mph, an ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds David Ariosto sits down Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SETI ...