An illustration depicting the formation of TTGs in a two-stage mantle plume-sagduction model.Image credit: Adapted from Zhao, ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or melted by geologic processes over billions of years.

Scientists believe that gold and other precious metals are slowly leaking to the surface from Earth's core through Hawaiian ...

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...

Underneath our feet, deep down below the Earth’s crust and its other layers lies the core, or where the planet’s magnetic ...

A belt of volcanic rock along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada’s Quebec province has been confirmed as the oldest ...

Two different testing methods found that rocks from an area called the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec date ...

When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...

Scientists believe Michigan may be an abundant source of what could become the next big thing in carbon-free energy.

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that hovered around 0°C. This stable, warmer temperature could have served as a ...

These results suggest the existence of a process recycling marine carbon into Earth's mantle, which could contribute to ...

Katie Paterson, a Scottish artist known for deeply research-based works, continues her universal explorations with two shows ...