New research has identified a new restriction on the chemistry involved in the Earth’s core, explaining how it was able to ...

New simulations show carbon enabled Earth’s inner core to solidify under realistic cooling, solving the nucleation paradox.

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

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and ...

Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, may still persist today as odd anomalies in the mantle.

In the swirling clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, planets begin to form. These planet-forming disks are ...

After those samples arrived on Sept. 24, 2023, we got to dive into a tale of rock, ice and water that hints at how life could have formed on Earth.

Core samples and isotope-dating of the metal-rich carbonatites recently discovered in Australia’s Northern Territory indicate ...

A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object ...