The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the ...

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

Most estimates place Earth’s human population at around 8.2 billion, but Josias Láng-Ritter—a postdoctoral researcher at ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

According to a recent study, the Earth's inner core, that is a solid ball of iron and nickel, is slowing down in relation to the planet's surface. The same was confirmed by USC scientists ...

In theory, as Earth spins through its magnetic field, any conductive material placed on its surface should experience a force ...

These results suggest that similar reactions between helium and iron may have occurred within Earth’s core shortly after its formation, trapping much of the primordial helium-3 in the material that ...

Dynamite Entertainment will soon revive Captain Planet, and the beloved crusader's new adventures will have a most unlikely ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

Eiza González plays the lone survivor of a deep-space bloodbath in 'Ash,' which saves its boldest ideas for your eyeballs, ...