Analysis of Northwest Africa 16286 reveals it comes from underneath the Moon, where things were hot for longer than ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Researchers used zircons and AI to reconstruct Earth's ancient crust, revealing possible tectonic processes from the planet's ...

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

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...

The Hadean Eon, Earth's first geological period, remains shrouded in mystery due to scarce rock records. However, Québec's ...

North Sea's giant sand mounds that perplexed scientists up until now have been found to be younger, denser sands that sank into older, lighter "ooze." ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

Giant bodies of sand found under the North Sea flip the rules of geology and may reshape how experts approach underground ...

U.S. coal ash reserves could provide a domestic source of rare earth elements, potentially reducing reliance on Chinese ...