Understanding where and in what quantities essential elements for life have existed on Earth's surface helps explain the ...

Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

Life on our planet has survived countless challenges over billions of years, from asteroid impacts to volcanic eruptions that ...

Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

The bold question-askers at What If explain why a flat Earth couldn’t support an atmosphere or sustain life as we know it.

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

For over half a billion years, Earth’s magnetic field has risen and fallen in sync with oxygen levels in the atmosphere, and scientists are finally uncovering why. A NASA-led study reveals a striking ...

The event in question is the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, also known as the “Great Dying,” which occurred around 252 ...

Now, Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley has hinted that the upcoming TV spin-off could wind up confirming things either way ...

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...