A new global study is offering a clearer view of how some of the world’s most valuable mineral deposits form, tracing their ...

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...

Earth is constantly vibrating, even when no earthquakes occur. The source of the 26-second pulse has been narrowed to the ...

In the Pilbara of Western Australia, some of Earth's oldest rocks lie beneath the sky, as they have for billions of years.

Mineral dust shapes Earth’s climate by influencing sunlight, clouds, nutrient transport, and even how quickly snow melts. But ...

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 ...

Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, ...

Repeated asteroid impacts during the Hadean eon kept Earth's surface hot and unstable, with heat driving geological activity and influencing crust formation, a new study finds.

Vegetarians need not worry yet—plants will be on Earth for a long time to come. But not forever. The sun will ultimately ...

For centuries, humans have been wondering whether anyone lived on Venus. In the 1960s, telescopes delivered bad news: ...