Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...
Scientists used satellite data to confirm that Earth's crust is "dripping" into the mantle beneath Turkey's Central Anatolian ...
Last time a stray planetoid the size of Mars smashed into Earth, it scattered our planet's young crust into space, where ...
Long-term satellite measurements show that Earth’s magnetic field is changing faster and more unevenly than expected, driven by dynamic processes deep within the planet’s core. Drawing on 11 years of ...
Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but ...
Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.
An artistic reconstruction of Earth during the Hadean eon (~4.5 billion years ago). Intense volcanic activity, heat from accretion, and frequent impacts kept the young Earth in a molten state. This ...