Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

A hotspot from underneath Earth’s crust may have created a low point that glaciers finished carving out and filling with ...

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

Rethinking early Earth formation For decades ... the molten magma between them created crust similar to what we find in ocean floors today. The heavy meteor bombardment during this early period ...