New simulations reveal a hidden “ocean of fire” that once existed above Earth’s core, influencing the planet’s internal landscape. These ancient molten seas, known as the basal magma ocean, were a ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

The unprecedented images will help scientists unravel the mysteries of solar wind and its impact on Earth, according to NASA.

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Would you travel four days to go to Antarctica? No? I did. Two days to get there and two to get back, but in between were ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

Researchers have recreated the tumultuous beginnings of Earth, simulating what the planet was like just after its formation 4 ...

Scientists now say an interstellar comet discovered earlier this month could be one of the oldest that astronomers have ever ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed thick, dusty layers of the Cat's Claw Nebula, a region of star formation about 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius, the agency has ...

Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.

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.