Imagine floating in space, gazing on a frozen white orb. The ball hangs in the void, lonely and gleaming in the light from ...

On Feb. 24, 2014, scientists announced that a tiny zircon crystal from Australia, 4.4 billion years old, was confirmed to be ...

Scientists have uncovered new information about the Earth's core: it may not be completely solid. Instead, its center may be ...

Earth was a very different place during its Cryogenian period, around 700 million years ago. It was covered head-to-toe in ...

Explore the fascinating evolution of Mars atmosphere. Discover how it transformed, becoming trapped in its crust's clay ...

Massive glaciers from Earth’s past reshaped the planet in ways that paved the way for complex life. As they moved, they ...

Would dropping every nuke or climate change make our home a barren, sterile world? Probably not, but we're trying ...

In 2014, scientists announced that a tiny zircon crystal from Australia, 4.4 billion years old, was confirmed to be the oldest discovered fragment of Earth's crust. In 2020, a New York City jury ...

New research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and paving the way for complex life to flourish. By chemically analyzing crystals in ...

Point of Impact: Upon hitting the Earth, the needle wouldn’t simply pierce through; it would annihilate everything in its ...