About 4.5 billion years ago, the most momentous event in the history of Earth occurred: a huge celestial body called Theia ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

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 ...

Theia, the world that helped form the Moon, came from the Solar System. Chemical clues in Earth and Moon rocks reveal this ...

This new understanding comes from a study by a team led by Rutgers University geodynamicist Yoshinori Miyazaki. The research ...

The break up of the supercontinent Nuna transformed the Earth’s surface, creating shallow marine habitats that may have given ...

Boffins have been puzzled for decades about two strange blots under our planet, but now some new research could finally be ...

As humans alter the planet’s climate and ecosystems, scientists are looking to Earth’s history to help predict what may unfold from climate change. To this end, massive ice structures like glaciers ...