Known as stratigraphic inversion, this discovery challenges our fundamental understanding of how Earth’s layers are formed. A ...

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 encountered.

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.

The town gets its name from the district it sits in, which is home to half of the world’s supply of a group of metals known as rare earths. They are key components in nearly everything that we switch ...

For over two decades, physicists have been working toward implementing quantum light storage—also known as quantum memory—in ...

I believe in cinema’s responsibility, and I’m committed to creating a project that fosters social awareness,” says Pere Vilà ...

Shukla spent time on the myogenesis study, closely examining how space weakens muscles. He collected samples and observed the ...

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

Data from oceans, ice and the air all point to the same thing: rising invisible heat. What experiments are working, and what kinds of trials do we need to stop?

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...