Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists ...

When most of us think about what shaped our planet, we probably picture volcanoes, earthquakes, and huge continents slowly ...

The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the ...

By examining chemical changes in zircon crystals and comparing them with maps of gas in the Milky Way, researchers observed that the changes corresponded with times when the Solar System passed ...

Imagine peering into Earth as if it were a patient undergoing a CT scan. That's essentially what Danish geophysicist Hans Thybo does, except that instead of X-rays, he uses seismic waves and other ...

New Curtin University research has uncovered a striking link between the structure of our galaxy and the evolution of Earth's ...

The Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago and has been continuously changing ever since. For instance, the Himalayas continue to ...

Even during cooler times, sheltered spots like valleys and mountain slopes kept enough warmth and moisture for plants and ...

Beneath the African continent, powerful plumes of molten rock are slowly reshaping the land from below. Scientists studying ...

Ten events that would unfold if gravity suddenly vanished, beginning with the effects on our bodies and ending with the ...

The world is losing fresh water at an unprecedented rate, two decades' worth of satellite data has revealed. Measurements from NASA's twin GRACE satellites and GRACE follow-on missions have shown that ...

New research reveals that heat on the continent of North America plays an important role in Asia’s monsoon season.