The Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago and has been continuously changing ever since. For instance, the Himalayas continue to ...

A new study reveals Earth's essential features formed within its first 100 million years, challenging long-held theories.

Dinosaurs had such an immense impact on Earth that their sudden extinction led to wide-scale changes in landscapes—including ...

Researchers in Japan have found that the parent asteroid of Ryugu, a near-Earth asteroid, retained water in ice form for ...

Cells use proteins to make other proteins - new research could explain how the first proteins arose without other enzymes ...

All species in the series draw inspiration from real living organisms and processes seen on Earth, but crank it up to the ...

Changes in rock formations from before and after the mass extinction event 66 million years ago may reflect how dinosaurs ...

A team of scientists has investigated how Earth’s twin became so inhospitable, and whether the same will happen to our planet ...

Dinosaurs' extinction "re-engineered" Earth's surface, according to new research. The reptiles had such an "immense" impact ...

Learn how fragments from asteroid Ryugu provide evidence of water flowing within asteroids formed in the early Solar System.

Beneath the African continent, powerful plumes of molten rock are slowly reshaping the land from below. Scientists studying ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...