They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

Eastern Australia is one of the most fire-prone regions in the world, with bushfires responsible for the deaths of about 800 ...

A groundbreaking discovery in northern Quebec has confirmed the existence of Earth's oldest known rocks, dating back 4.16 ...

The southwestern corner of Missouri might not be where most people imagine finding a portal to another world. But there it sits, tucked away in the town of Noel (pronounced “Nole,” not like Christmas) ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

Baby names inspired by Greek history and mythology are gaining popularity in the US. From Athena to Zeus, there is a name for ...

Did you know that some of the oldest human-made structures on Earth align precisely with the rising sun on the summer ...

Beneath the bogs of New Zealand’s Northland is a massive Ngāwhā kauri, living from 41,000 to 42,500 years ago, which gives an isolated, unbroken record of a period when Earth’s magnetic field declined ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Rocks dating back to the Earth’s Hadean Eon have finally had their antiquity confirmed as stretching back at least 4.16 ...