A 2023 astronaut photo shows three dark hills, or mesas, towering above part of the Sahara desert in southern Mauritania. The ...

The film explores the dynamic nature of Earth's crust, detailing how it has evolved over billions of years. Initially formed from molten rock, the crust cools and hardens, leading to the creation of ...

Finland's river crystals hold clues about the formation of 'Scandinavia's' oldest bedrock 3.75 billion years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Unusual material discovered deep within the center of the Earth are the remains of an ancient planet that collided with Earth billions of years ago, scientists have found. The blobs of strange ...

Scientists have long been intrigued by the surfaces of terrestrial bodies other than Earth that reveal deep similarities beneath their superficially differing volcanic and tectonic histories. A team ...

The planets were discovered using the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, the European Space Observatory’s planet-hunting telescope in Chile. All have surface temperatures ranging from ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites. One hypothesis has been that our proto-Earth (what the earliest stages of ...