Satellite image of Earth displayed the North American continent (top) and the South American continent (bottom). (Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — Like making a cake, dry materials came before ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New model suggests an ocean of magma formed within the first few hundred million years of Earth's ...

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial ...

Little is known about the long-destroyed moon-forming planet, Theia. But it may have been born in the inner solar system—just like Earth—a new study suggests ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

New evidence from rocks, molecules and machine learning is forcing scientists to redraw the opening chapters of Earth’s story ...

A study on the Earth's formation titled "Stochastic accretion of the Earth" has been published in the journal Nature Astronomy. Researchers from ETH Zurich have used a new modeling approach to ...

A peculiar property of the Earth's magnetic field could help us to work out how our planet was created 4.5 billion years ago, according to a new scientific assessment. There are several theories about ...

A protoplanet crashed into Earth more than four billion years ago, ejecting the Moon. It is now clear where the protoplanet ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A rare form of helium may have flooded Earth’s core during the ...

Scientists have discovered a meteorite older than Earth, offering the earliest clues to how the Solar System formed and how ...

Around 4.6 billion years ago, a young, hot star was born. The Sun formed from a cloud of gas and dust, and over time planetary bodies, including Earth and Mars, came to be. It’s unlikely that ...