Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

An enigmatic Japanese billionaire picked 10 artists to fly to the moon, only to pull the plug. Now they’re figuring out ...

A Stanford study shows that tiny electrical charges in water droplets caused reactions that developed organic matter from ...

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About 4 billion years ago, Earth began to show signs of the conditions that allowed the first cells to take hold and populate ...

Ancient oceans, which were heavy on iron, interacted differently with light wavelengths, retracting green light into the ...

New research is reshaping how scientists understand the earliest days of Earth’s formation—suggesting that the deep interior ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution ...