Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.
Researchers studying the deep biosphere, Earth’s largest ecosystem, have found evidence that life thriving miles below the ...
A massive meteorite strike 3.5 billion years ago left behind the world’s oldest known impact crater, challenging previous ...
Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...
Earlier this month, the Earth spun just a bit faster than usual on July 9 and is expected to do so again on July 22 and Aug. 5, according to the website TimeAndDate. Over a millisecond was reportedly ...
Even when Earth was locked in a global deep freeze, its climate may have kept moving. Ancient rocks reveal seasonal and decade scale cycles beneath the ice during Snowball Earth.