New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs about how the planet’s first continents came into being. Researchers from ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

Their Latin name means "night shining" and the clouds usually appear as streaks of blue or silver. The Met Office describes ...

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

This extraordinary event is known as a sprite — or “farfadet” in French — one of the rarest forms of Transient Luminous ...

In the early 1990s, eight people tried to survive in a hermetically sealed glass structure filled with miniature forests, ...

The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) was a major turning point when oxygen began to build up in Earth’s atmosphere and surface ...