Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Predatory fish that evolved into the first terrestrial animals on Earth are still revealing insights into the origins of ...

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

Ancient supernovas may have blasted Earth with powerful radiation, causing dramatic changes in our climate and could do so again, posing a threat to life.

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Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Ancient hunter-gatherers built monumental mounds at Kaillachuro in Peru without kings, rewriting history of "monumental ...

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...