Plate tectonics may have played a larger role in the evolution of life on Earth than we previously thought. | Credit: Nicholas Forder Earth's surface is a turbulent place. Mountains rise, continents ...

An Islander discovered a large fossil footprint along the shores of P.E.I.'s Hillsborough Bay. It's believed to date back to ...

In a first, researchers have discovered fragments of Earth's precursor that contain distinctive chemical fingerprints in ...

Planets lacking plate tectonics and sufficient carbon dioxide and oxygen could make advanced civilizations like ours ...

In some parts of Earth's interior, seismic waves travel at different speeds depending on the direction in which they are ...

Researchers initially believed the samples came from the Moon’s mantle. Testing iron, manganese, and zinc levels showed their ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

Scientists found unusual sulfur in moon samples from Apollo 17. The discovery reveals new clues about the Moon’s ancient ...

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Earth’s interior remains one of the most enigmatic realms of science, with its deepest regions yet to fully reveal their ...

Chinese scientists studying lunar samples brought back the Chang’e-6 lunar mission have identified rare meteorite relics that ...

The silver-grey rock contains a hidden story. Somewhere in the early summer of 2025, China’s Chang’e6 capsule landed on the ...