Chinese scientists uncovered a powerful energy source for deep Earth microbes: hydrogen and oxidants generated by rock ...

Researchers at Curtin University discovered that water was transported much deeper in the early earth than previously thought, a finding that sheds new light on how continents were originally formed.

Scientists have discovered a massive hidden water reservoir 700 km beneath Earth's surface, possibly holding more H₂O than ...

Researchers found that earthquake-driven rock fractures can power deep-Earth life by splitting water into energy-rich compounds. Chinese scientists have recently questioned the long-standing idea that ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For decades, scientists puzzled over this D' layer.

Most agree the rock is at least 3.75 billion years old — but that wouldn’t make it Earth’s oldest.

Human Trash Is Expediting Rock Formation, From Millions Of Years To Just 35 It's a sobering reminder of the impact of human activity on the Earth’s natural processes and materials. Maddy Chapman ...

Jonathan O'Neil / AP Ancient rocks could shed light on Earth's earliest days Earth formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a collapsing cloud of dust and gas soon after the solar system existed.