Ancient deep-sea organisms suggest movement, sexual reproduction, and complex animal life began earlier than previously thought.

"Everyone is ready to take this step together… There's no reason it's not possible." Civilians may soon be able to live in ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified mineral and organic patterns inside a Martian rock that the agency now describes as ...

In May 2018, the island of Mayotte, between Madagascar and Mozambique, began to experience a series of earthquakes that led ...

A surprising reversal in molten iron flow beneath the Pacific is giving scientists a sharper view of how Earth’s magnetic ...

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make ...

Nearly 660 kilometers (410 miles) beneath Earth's surface lies one of the planet's most important internal boundaries. Known ...

Last year, geologists dated the crater in Western Australia at 3.47 billion years old, which was disputed by other experts.

Three billion years ago, an asteroid struck the early Earth and left a mark in the rocks of what is now Western Australia. Scientists have known for some time that the site was ancient. They’ve now ...

Damage from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Scientists found the quake's waves traveled to Earth's core and back.Shutterstock Scientists have discovered that seismic waves from Japan’s ...

Earth spins at nearly 1,000 miles per hour at the equator, yet scientists have discovered that our planet's rotation has not remained constant throughout its history. New research has helped explain ...

Glaciers contain priceless information about the Earth’s climate history. Ice Memory Foundation is leading a project to preserve pieces of these glaciers before rising temperatures erase them.