Scientists discovered 6-million-year-old ice in Antarctica, offering the oldest direct record of Earth’s ancient atmosphere ...

But most of the gold on Earth isn’t in our hands; it’s deep underground. During the planet’s formation, heavy elements like gold and platinum sank toward the molten iron core. Geologists estimate that ...

Long before life thrived in Earth’s oceans, the planet’s magnetic field became disorganized. Deep within the ancient rocks of Morocco, scientists have recovered one of the clearest records of that ...

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A new study suggests mysterious water worlds may be manufacturing their own oceans through chemical reactions deep within ...

Astronomers now understand that water-rich planets can form internally, even close to stars. A new study reveals that ...

New experiments show young rocky planets can generate water naturally when molten surfaces react with hydrogen in their early atmospheres.

In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...

Trade optimism between the U.S. and China has stock markets looking up—but it’s digging rare earth stocks into a hole.

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the first direct evidence that fragments of ‘proto-Earth’—ancient ...

At a Thursday lecture event, Benjamin Weiss, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of ...