In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...

A study reveals the existence of pockets of magma beneath the volcanoes of the Cascade Range, with no signs of imminent ...

There has been much debate among scientists about whether an area deep within the Earth is dry as a rock or sloshing with ...

The composition of Earth’s atmosphere depends on the redox state of the mantle, which became more oxidizing at some stage after Earth’s core started to form. Through high-pressure experiments, we ...

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

Hidden nearly 2,300 feet beneath the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have uncovered an ancient and active undersea landscape that may hold clues to life’s earliest beginnings — and even the potential for ...

Experiments show how concentrations of rare earth elements, critical to the green energy transition, might be hiding in plain sight in iron-rich deposits around the world. When you purchase through ...

When astronauts land near the moon's south pole as part of NASA's Artemis program in a few years, they likely will find ...

New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is ...