Ancient volcanic rocks from Western Australia suggest that water was reaching deep into Earth’s interior more than three ...

An amateur astronomer from Quebec spotted an unusual circular depression while planning a camping and road trip through the ...

Artistic illustration of how the Milky Way’s disc may have shifted by more than 90 degrees. The faint outline shows its possible former orientation, while the surrounding stellar halo preserves clues ...

Shock metamorphic effects' were visible at Uhackatik, a feature suspected to be a crater. Now scientists are looking at its ...

Extremophiles that thrive in the most unforgiving environments aren’t just biological curiosities. Understanding their ...

Scientists think ancient Mars was quite different than it is today. While we might know it now as a barred, reddish wasteland ...

Some of the most extraordinary gems ever found belong to a rare class of diamonds known as CLIPPIRs (Cullinan-like, Large, ...

Researchers probe the geochemistry of the moon, Mars, asteroids, and water worlds to understand our home and plan for future ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers from the University of São Paulo and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation showed in a study that the ancient organic-rich ...

New research suggests Earth can experience climate shocks, even with little or no ice at the poles, at a surprisingly fast pace. Professor Chengshan Wang of the China University of Geosciences led an ...

Scientists now suspect Earth may have had a rocky ring system around 466 million years ago, after researchers found 21 ancient impact craters clustered within 30 degrees of the ancient equator. The ...