NASA's Perseverance rover has been busy gathering bits of Mars — rock cores the size of chalk sticks, clusters of broken fragments no bigger than pencil erasers, and even grains of dust fine enough to ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj volcanic field interspersed with patches of golden sand.

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the Earth’s magnetic field went haywire. The compelling 2021 study tells the ...

THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought ... and then slammed into the early Earth like a metallic cannonball.

On this day 35 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a picture that changed how we see our planet. The iconic "Pale ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

There are many places on Earth so weird they make you feel ... Western Australia, definitely looks like it belongs on another planet. The stark contrast between the pink lake, dark blue waters ...

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

The Earth’s mysteries never cease to amaze us. Recent discoveries have revealed ancient crust hidden deep within the mantle. This "sunken world" challenges our understanding of the planet's ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands ... seismologists will be able to make images of the interior of our planet, just like a hospital doctor can "see" through your body ...

The organic ingredients to life, hints to where Earth’s water came from, and the fundamental building blocks of our planet ...

New research suggests that the mysterious spots in the Earth's mantle may be remnants of the ancient planet Theia, which collided with Earth about 4.5 billion years ago.