For years, scientists have tried to understand what’s hidden in the Earth. Now, a recent investigation has revealed something ...

Scientific advancements have made it possible to peek into a faraway galaxy that has big implications.

Antarctica plays a crucial role in Earth's climate system by reflecting solar radiation back into space. The large white ice ...

For the first time in Brazil, researchers have identified a field of tektites. These are natural glasses formed by the high-energy impact of extraterrestrial bodies against Earth's surface. These ...

The curious minds at What If imagine witnessing how the Earth was formed, exploring molten rocks, collisions, and the birth of continents.

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

Since the 1990s, scientists have discovered approximately 6,100 planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets.

Earth’s core has often been described as just a giant ball of iron and nickel. Now, a new study argues that it is also a major storage place for hydrogen, possibly equivalent to dozens of oceans’ ...

I asked my friend Julie Ménard how Earth formed. She’s a planetary scientist at Washington State University. She told me it started with the Big Bang. That was nearly 14 billion years ago. “The Big ...

Scientists suggest that huge reserves of hydrogen inside the Earth may have been key in the formation of water.

The volume of the ocean, its average purity, and the chemical makeup of H₂O allow a simple estimate of the amount of hydrogen ...

Old crystals found in Western Australia are drawing fresh attention from geologists studying the formation of Earth. These ...