The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

During Earth's ancient Snowball periods, when the entire planet was wrapped in ice, life may have endured in tiny meltwater ...

The origin of life is one of the most fundamental and enduring questions of mankind and one of the three greatest Origin ...

In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the Industrial Revolution created demand for stronger, more reliable materials for machines, railroads, ships and infrastructure. The material that emerged was ...

The trigger for the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event was the eruption of massive amounts of molten rock in modern day ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

The ancient history of Earth has always been hard to read. Most of the planet’s earliest crust has been lost, buried, or melted by geologic processes over billions of years.

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

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

Wave-like landforms on Mars provide clues about the planet’s icy history, its potential to support life, and the behavior of ...