The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

New research shows cosmic rays can break water underground, releasing energy that may sustain life deep beneath ice, rock, or alien crusts.

New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs about how the planet’s first continents came into being. Researchers from ...

A rare glimpse into early continents The discovery gives scientists a rare chance to study how Earth’s first crust might have formed directly from the mantle.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by 800 million years.

“What we’ve been trying to do is find a baby version of our Solar System somewhere else,” Merel van ’t Hoff, an astronomer at ...

Scientists found a huge chain of old volcanoes under South China. This 400-mile-long arc formed 800 million years ago. It ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

Discover how the Dead Sea, Earth's lowest and saltiest lake, continues to build massive underground salt formations.

Scientists have uncovered submerged human cities and migration routes beneath the sea.

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around ...

“For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our ...