Tiny historical events, like early collisions of rocks in the solar system, influenced Earth’s formation, tilt, and moon, ...

For decades, planetary seismology has run into a baffling enigma nearly 2,900 kilometers deep, right at the boundary between ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

A smaller planet, Theia, slammed into an early Earth so hard that the planets effectively mixed together. Moon was formed by debris from a violent head-on collision between Earth and Theia. The ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...

A massive, well-preserved impact crater has been uncovered in Guangdong, revealing the signature of a powerful meteorite ...