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New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs ...
Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...
The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or ...
Let's say we want to build a model of the sun and Earth alone. Earth has a radius of about 6,371 kilometers (3,959 miles), but let's represent this with a marble 1 centimeter in diameter.
Ph.D. student Isaac Onyett, the corresponding author of the study, highlighted the role of dust particles in Earth's formation, saying, "Once a planet reaches a certain size, ...
The formation of Earth's continents billions of years ago set the stage for life to thrive. But scientists disagree over how those land masses formed and if it was through geological processes we ...
New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.