Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their ...

The Moon’s largest and oldest known crater, the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, is revealing secrets that could transform our ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A ...

A weak zone in Earth’s magnetic field, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, has expanded at an alarming rate over the past ...

A notorious weak spot in Earth’s magnetic shield is growing larger and weaker. This is the conclusion of a new analysis of ...

Millions of years before blue oceans and wandering continents, the Earth in its early days was a molten, tumultuous planet — ...

Solving a lunar mystery? Scientist at the University of Arizona is the lead author on research proposing a new theory for the ...

Advanced seismic imaging techniques could improve earthquake early warning models and aid the development of next-generation ...

Could Artemis III astronauts collect some lunar samples that shed light on the moon's mysterious past? That's what a team of ...

New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than ...

MIT-led research uncovered chemical remnants of the proto Earth, offering a glimpse of the planet’s 4.5-billion-year-old ...

Earthquakes often bring to mind images of destruction, of the Earth breaking open and altering landscapes. But after an ...