The dance of the continents has been reshaping Earth for billions of years, creating the landscapes we walk on today.

A new study led by UNLV scientists sheds light on how planets, including Earth, formed in our galaxy—and why the life and ...

Hidden deep in ancient rocks, scientists have found the surviving traces of Earth’s first form—unchanged for 4.5 billion ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New model suggests an ocean of magma formed within the first few hundred million years of Earth's ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

In a secluded corner of the Lynx constellation, just 18 light-years from our planet, astronomers have found a stunning jewel—a planet around a tiny red dwarf star that may have the right conditions to ...

MIT scientists have discovered ancient rock samples from Greenland, Canada, and Hawaii exhibiting a rare potassium-40 deficit ...

Roughly 4.5 billion years ago, the young solar system was a swirling cloud of gas and dust that formed the first asteroids ...

Jupiter was shaping the fate of our solar system long before Earth came into existence. A new study conducted by scientists ...

The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Earth held a deep ocean of magma beneath its surface in its early history, new research finds, potentially explaining odd anomalies seen in the mantle today. This basal magma ocean has been hotly ...