A chemical "anomaly" revealed through an analysis of meteorites may have led to finding the first existing evidence of "proto ...

The bold question-askers at What If imagine the effects if every volcano on Earth erupted at once. 'Gray Divorce' Is On The ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic rocks, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious threats to ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

This chemical signature or fingerprint doesn't show up in studies of other large impacts on Earth, or in any geological ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A ...

In a first, researchers have discovered fragments of Earth's precursor that contain distinctive chemical fingerprints in ...

Roughly 4.5 billion years ago, the young solar system was a swirling cloud of gas and dust that formed the first asteroids ...

How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma ...

A VOLCANO thought to be dead has roared into life and risen from the ground – sparking fears of its first eruption for ...

Salt is an essential nutrient for the human body. But hundreds of millions of years before the first humans, salt minerals ...

Planets do not emit visible light like stars; they shine in the sky because they reflect sunlight. Exoplanets too reflect ...