Around 4.4 billion years ago, a massive collision between the early Earth, called proto-Earth, and a smaller planet named ...

By integrating seismic data, mineral physics and geodynamic modeling, the study reconceived large low-shear velocity ...

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

It’s one of the most enduring ideas about the formation of our solar system: Earth collided with a Mars-sized object, Theia, ...

Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...

A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For many years, researchers have struggled to understand two ...

When we walk around in our everyday life, we might not think of the Earth itself very often. But this planet is the foundation of our life. The air we breathe, the water we drink and the gravity that ...

Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable ...

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

Our moon has been our constant companion for billions of years. But we're still not sure how it came to be, though scientists have a few theories. The most outlandish theory, in which an alien planet ...

No one is exactly sure how the tectonic plates formed, but one theory posits that the were shattered from within by the ...

Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic leaves humans with a unique set of moral questions, Peter Godfrey-Smith of ...