Earth was a broiling mass of lava and rock before it took the form that it has today, and scientists have for the first time ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...

Earth formed around 4.54 billion years ago. Knowing how old Earth is can be more difficult to confirm because Earth's age is not only based on the age of rocks, but also the isotopic estimates of what ...

New model suggests an ocean of magma formed within the first few hundred million years of Earth's existence. (Image credit: NEMES LASZLO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) Earth held a deep ocean ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new discovery that changes ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The reason Earth's oceans may have looked different in the ancient past is to do with their ...

A rocky outcrop in a remote corner of northern Quebec appears serene in its eerie isolation on the eastern shore of Canada’s Hudson Bay. But over the past two decades, this exposed remnant of ancient ...

New research from Rice University suggests that the giant planet Jupiter reshaped the early solar system in dramatic ways, ...

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New model suggests an ocean of magma formed within the first few hundred million years of Earth's ...