One theory held that the earth’s crust under the sea was and is formed at mid-ocean ridges from a single magma layer spread around the middle of the earth’s crust That’s now changed to the ...

Recent simulations and research have unveiled a fascinating new insight into the history of the solar system’s terrestrial ...

Researchers attempted to answer it with a 2023 paper published in the journal Nature that introduced assembly theory (AT), an ...

Early Earth was hit by objects over 600 miles in diameter capable of "global sterilization" and "ocean vaporization," wrote the authors of a new study. The durable mineral zircon is the oldest ...

The Earth formed in a ring of debris around the Sun, like the one around Vega, a bright star, in this artist's conception. NASA/JPL-Caltech Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages.

Scientists found helium hydride reacts faster than expected, reshaping early star formation timelines and cooling processes.

Baby Earth, however, was nothing like the lush, green world we know today. Right when it formed, it was still molten from the collisions that created it.

Bob McDonald's blog: A Mars-sized object hitting a proto-Earth formed a new moon surprisingly quickly Bob McDonald · CBC Radio · Posted: Oct 14, 2022 12:36 PM PDT | Last Updated: October 14, 2022 ...

When Earth formed, most of the gold that was available sank into the planet's core due to its density, Chris Voisey, an ore deposit geologist and research fellow at Monash University in Australia ...