A chunk of rock that blasted off Mars and crash-landed on Earth is turning out to be one of the richest archives of ancient Martian water ever found. New scans of the famous “Black Beauty” meteorite ...

A new study has revealed that the iconic Black Beauty meteorite contains much more hidden water than previously suspected.

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...

A MYSTERIOUS rock that fell to Earth from Mars may hold some watery secrets about the Red Planet – and possibly alien life.

Learn about the continent-sized rocks hidden deep within Earth's mantle that have influenced the magnetic field for millions ...

Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has ...

Ancient volcanic rocks reveal how two giant hot regions beneath Africa and the Pacific have shaped Earth's magnetic shield.

By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of ...

We show how this "cosmic clock" uncovers the evolution of rivers, coasts and habitats.

Ancient magnetic fossils reveal that animal navigation using Earth’s magnetic field may have evolved far earlier than ...