Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction.

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...

"During the early solar system's game of cosmic billiards, Earth was struck by a neighbor,” said Dauphas. “It was a lucky shot. Without the moon's steadying influence on our planet's tilt, the climate ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere.

Star chemistry reveals two spiral arms and a faint bridge in the Milky Way, offering a clearer view of hidden structure in ...

Later in December, the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet will get as close to Earth as it ever will. Here's what to know.

Conventionally, the moon is thought to have formed during one big impact, but a three-impact model might make more sense ...

The past few months, we’ve been giving you a quick rundown of the various ways ores form underground; now the time has come ...

Phosphoria has almost completely exhausted its hidden oil reserves, while a final gas field is redefining the energy future.

Samples collected from the asteroid Bennu are continuing the shed light on the origins of the solar system and how life ...

People come to believe in flat Earth, spirits and microchipped vaccines for the same reasons they come to believe in anything ...