How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon.

Between 635 to 541 million years ago, during the Ediacaran Period, Earth witnessed a remarkable emergence of early life.

The study identified when water interacted with the meteorite and established that the dating was unaffected by events after ...

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of ...

"The Grand Canyon is an epic Rosetta Stone for geology," Denver Museum of Nature and Science geologist James Hagadorn said.

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...

Researchers have uncovered physical evidence indicating that Earth was entirely frozen during the “Snowball Earth” period, ...

New evidence found in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado supports the notion that Snowball Earth was indeed a global phenomenon.

The history of planet Earth is long: about 4.5 billion years. Scientists divide up this huge history using geological epochs, eons, eras and ages to create a timeline. Epochs can last for millions of ...

A new study predicts a grim future for humanity as Earth's continents drift towards forming a supercontinent. This will lead to extreme temperatures, reaching 40-50°C, making survival impossible ...

A team of scientists has found evidence of liquid water on Mars from 742 million years ago in a Martian meteorite known as ...