Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

Instead, fragments of the planet’s first materials may still exist, preserved deep within the mantle. A Collision That ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

This little midgey could stick to rocks under water, something scientists thought only sea creatures could do before now.

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

A new model uncovers how Earth’s liquid core has sustained its magnetic field since the planet’s beginnings, offering new insights into its future. Earth benefits from the presence of a magnetic field ...

Researchers found tiny amber pieces in Antarctica’s seafloor. The discovery proves the continent once had forests.

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have discovered extremely rare remnants of "proto Earth," which formed about 4.5 billion ...

Scientists have successfully recreated a poignant sound of a past event, where Earth’s magnetic field dramatically flipped roughly 41,000 years ago, an effort that highlights a ...

The findings show that the common ancestor of the extant fungi was about 1.4 to 900 million years ago. That is far earlier ...

New research shows ancient Martian rivers once flowed into a vast northern ocean, strengthening the case for a once-habitable ...