New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously ...

Earth’s magnetic field is constantly swirling and shifting thanks to a colossal ocean of liquid metal sloshing around in its belly, but perhaps there's more to the story. In a new study, geologists ...

In the whole history of Earth's climate, few events are as extreme as those that geologists call "Snowball Earth." ...

The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.

A research team has produced the first direct experimental evidence that Earth’s iron core traps hydrogen inside nanoscale ...

Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge tectonic theories.

A view of one part of the Paleontology collection in the Museum of Natural History, arranged by the addition of representative specimens from other parts of the three floors of fossils in the East ...

Gravity feels reliable—stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over Earth's surface. And it is weakest ...

A cluster of at least three asteroids between 20 and 50 kilometres across colliding with Earth over 3.2 billion years ago caused a massive change in the structure and composition of the earth’s ...

NASA says Earth is about halfway through its lifespan. Scientists explain how solar changes could affect habitability, oceans, and the planet’s future over billions of years ...

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.