In September 2023, a global seismic mystery began to unfold. Every 90 seconds, the Earth pulsed with a strange, low-frequency ...

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

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On ...

The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...

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.

Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

A spot in eastern Africa called the Afar Triangle marks the meeting point of three rift zones—lines where Earth’s crust is being rent apart. Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this ...

Mercury is toxic, and mercury poisoning occurs when your body reacts to being exposed to too much of it, according to the ...