Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Ever since the term “Snowball Earth” was first proposed in a 1992 paper, it has prompted substantial debate among scientists.

If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

The key to unlocking the secrets of distant planets starts right here on Earth. Researchers at Tohoku University, the ...

This model reveals how vastly different the atmosphere was on ancient Earth, and how life may have first emerged.

These “miniature trails of destruction,” as the researchers call them, are caused by high-energy particles bouncing off the ...

While some laboratories search the stars or delve deep underground, a new technique will attempt to trace evidence of dark matter collisions in ancient Earth rocks. A new lab at Virginia Tech will ...

Plate tectonics fired up at least 3 billion years ago, study of ancient rocks in Australia indicates —Earth's plate tectonics traced back to 'tipping point' 3.2 billion years ago Every piece of ...

This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...