An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.
Atoms found deep inside our planet argue that parts of “proto-Earth,” the early version of our planet, still survive inside ...
This new understanding comes from a study by a team led by Rutgers University geodynamicist Yoshinori Miyazaki. The research ...
In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that ...
By measuring iron isotopes in Moon rocks and meteorites, researchers determined Theia probably formed closer to the Sun than ...
A clear look at the discovery of 40,000 near-Earth asteroids, how scientists track them, and the missions working to keep our ...
"The most convincing scenario is that most of the building blocks of Earth and Theia originated in the inner solar system.
Roughly four and a half billion years ago the planet Theia slammed into Earth, destroying Theia, melting large fractions of ...
About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across ...
A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For many years, researchers have struggled to understand two ...
According to researchers, the composition of a planet or celestial body holds the entire story of its formation and origin.
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos wants to move industry off Earth to save the planet. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, wants to move ...