Exactly when and how plate tectonics started, however, is a matter of debate. Now, in a study published March 19 in the ...

DNA from a distance ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field behaved in a way that has long baffled scientists, showing wild and ...

For years, planetary scientists have argued that some of the material that built Earth must have drifted in from beyond ...

Olivine, the most common mineral in the upper 400 km (about 250 miles) of Earth’s interior, has long been studied for how it deforms. Scientists have identified two primary directions of dislocation ...

Ice cores, tree rings, and satellite data converge on a striking truth: Earth’s rapid changes today are unlike anything seen in human history. When most people hear the term Earth science, they think ...

Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to ...

Wednesday evening was the grand opening for a new exhibit at the History Museum at the Castle featuring a collection that ...