Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river ...

Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

Jupiter, the largest and most mysterious planet in our solar system. A gas giant so massive it could swallow 1,300 Earths, ...

Astronomers have spotted a planetary system being conceived from the swirl of gas and dust surrounding a star, giving us an ...

New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

An ancient ice core from Mont Blanc has revealed 12,000 years of climate and human history, making it the oldest Alpine ice ...

Artifacts from the Iron Age have revealed an intense historical magnetic anomaly in the Middle East. Could using a similar approach elsewhere help us unravel the mysteries of Earth's magnetic field?

For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...

Scientists discover that large amounts of nitrogen could be hidden in the Earth's metallic core, which would solve a ...

An ancient glacier high in the French Alps has revealed the oldest known ice in Western Europe—dating back over 12,000 years ...

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...