The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the ...

Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists ...

New simulations show carbon enabled Earth’s inner core to solidify under realistic cooling, solving the nucleation paradox.

The solid inner core at the center of the Earth, surrounded by the outer core, mantle and crust. Here’s why: While it is well known that a material must be at or below its freezing temperature to be ...

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 ...

A study conducted on a near-Earth asteroid could call into question details we thought we knew about how our planet's oceans ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...

How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Today, more than 70% of Earth is covered in liquid water. But long before the sea became a familiar feature of our planet’s surface, the water that now fills our oceans, lakes, and streams was ...

Cells use proteins to make other proteins - new research could explain how the first proteins arose without other enzymes ...