Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Earth is set to experience unusually short days in July and August 2025. The Moon's orbital position is subtly accelerating ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Scientists have identified a 4.16-billion-year-old rock formation in northern Quebec, potentially the oldest known fragment of Earth's crust. This discovery pushes back the timeline of Earth's known ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Research led by Earth scientists at the University of Southampton has uncovered evidence of rhythmic surges of molten mantle ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...

As glaciers melt around the world, long-dormant volcanoes may be waking up beneath the ice. New research reveals that massive ...