Imagine you're an alien living in the Andromeda galaxy, 2.5 million light-years away, peering back at Earth through a massive ...

The Earth as we know it today is the result of billions of years of geological activity, ... In this video, we’ll explore the fascinating evolution of Earth’s ancient landmasses, ...

Formed millions to billions of years ago, diamonds can shine light into the darkest and oldest parts of the Earth's mantle. The analysis of ancient, superdeep diamonds dug up from mines in Brazil ...

5 fun facts about evolution. The last common ancestor of all life on Earth is estimated to have existed around 4.2 billion years ago.; There are three ingredients necessary for natural selection ...

How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

The researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the chemical make-up of material around the star, and found the ...

An illustration of Earth's magnetic field, the Earth, the solar wind, the flow of particles. Research suggests the magnetic field nearly collapsed around 600 million years ago, and that may have ...

A new study suggests the platypus and echidna — the only egg-laying mammals — had a water-dwelling ancestor. The finding could upend what’s known of their evolution.

A team of researchers has made strides in understanding the formation of massif-type anorthosites, enigmatic rocks that only formed during the middle part of Earth's history. These plagioclase ...

Formed millions to billions of years ago, diamonds can shine light into the darkest and oldest parts of the Earth’s mantle. The analysis of ancient, superdeep diamonds dug up from mines in ...