Two mysterious blobs deep inside Earth may hold clues about the origin of life on our planet, new research finds. Deep ...

In an incredible discovery, scientists have uncovered what they believe is the oldest animal ever found on Earth. Known as ...

Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...

A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For many years, researchers have struggled to understand two ...

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks — plains of streaked gray ...

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so ...

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Scientists have uncovered the oldest chemical traces of life on Earth using a new machine learning method that identifies ...

A fiery mystery has puzzled geologists for decades: where did the lava fueling one of Earth’s largest volcanic events come from? A new study may finally have the answer. Scientists have long believed ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon. Lead ...

Antarctica is far more than just a bucket-list destination for travelers and a home for penguins. It's a veritable time machine, holding evidence from millions of years of Earth's climatic history ...