Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began.

Earth’s earliest crust may have looked a lot more like the continents we know today than scientists once believed. A recent study shakes up old ideas about how Earth's surface evolved, showing ...

New research shows Earth formed dry and lifeless—until a chance cosmic collision delivered the ingredients needed for life.

This means that Earth's magnetic field was generated in the early history of Earth in a similar way to today.

Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor. True to its name, this prokaryote-like organism represents the ancestor of ...

In 2020, the Hayabusa2 uncrewed spacecraft successfully returned small fragments from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, ...

Some of the most basic building blocks of the solar system are missing from one of its most dangerous asteroids.

Earth is so far the only known planet on which life exists—with liquid water and a stable atmosphere. However, the conditions were not conducive to life when it formed. The gas-dust cloud from which ...

Popularly known as the “ Cambrian Explosion,” this dramatic chapter in Earth’s history saw the appearance of nearly all the major animal groups alive today, including snails.

Early Earth's first crust composition discovery rewrites geological timeline Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current ...