Earth's earliest life left behind very few chemical traces. Fragile remains, like ancient cells and microbial mats, were ...

Atoms found deep inside our planet argue that parts of “proto-Earth,” the early version of our planet, still survive inside the mantle.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name “Hadean” comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely ...

Earth and the planetary object that gave rise to the Moon were likely born in the same region of the solar system.

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the discovery of the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid, a lot more are still out there.

Around 4.5 billion years ago, a planet called Theia is thought to have smashed into newborn Earth. The messy collision kicked ...

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Scientists have discovered a meteorite older than Earth, offering the earliest clues to how the Solar System formed and how ...

Earth is about 4.54 billion years old, but only a few rocks survive that were formed at the onset of the planet's history.

Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

The Earth with the upper mantle revealed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock in a key region just below the tectonic ...

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