What if life started as rock-clinging goo?

The sicky theory of life’s origins.

Earth’s First Sponges Were Soft, Not Spiky, Study Finds

If you imagine the earliest animals on Earth, you might picture something simple but sturdy. Maybe a sponge-like creature anchored to the sea floor,...

A dangerous glitch in the carbon cycle could freeze Earth over

Carbon cycle flaw can plunge Earth into an ice age.

First natural evidence of nickel-rich alloys found deep in Earth’s mantle

A rare snapshot of a “redox-freezing” reaction whereby oxidized melts infiltrate reduced mantle rock.

The Milky Way’s shape may have helped sculpt Earth’s crust

Earth’s history written in the stars.

How Earth was able to crystallize millions of years ago?

Scientists reveal hidden chemistry of Earth’s core.

Dead Sea Giants Reveal Earth’s Ancient Pulse

Salt giants: Earth’s crystal time capsules.

Cosmic rays caught sparking lightning on Earth, study

New research unravels the mysteries of lightning’s origins.

Could a meteor have moved the Grand Canyon?

Scientists unravel a 56,000-year-old mystery

NASA’s TRACERS mission to track space weather

TRACERS tracks cosmic instability.

Over one-fifth of the Ocean is losing light, study warns

Over the past two decades, more than one-fifth of the world's oceans, an area exceeding 75 million square kilometers, have undergone a phenomenon known...

The hidden reason Earth stayed super hot, study found

New clues from Earth’s greatest extinction.

Earth’s oxygen story just got 100 million years older

New insights into the evolution of our planet.

Study shows the evolution of biomass over 500 million years

This is the first study to calculate long-term trends in the total abundance of life.

Deep Earth pulses beneath Africa tearing the continent apart

The mantle beneath Afar is not uniform or stationary.

Earth’s hidden pulse: The mystery of the global seismic echo

How Greenland’s tsunamis sent shockwaves through the planet?

Axial Seamount: The Pacific Northwest’s underwater giant prepares to erupt

It is giving us a window into some of the most important geological and biological processes on Earth.

Humans have observed less than 0.001% of the deep seafloor

This total area is roughly the size of Rhode Island or one-tenth the size of Belgium.

The study suggests the end of the Earth will happen due to…

How much longer will the oxygen-rich atmosphere be sustained on Earth?

Earth’s first crust mirrors the chemistry of modern continents

Earth's first crust composition discovery rewrites geological timeline.

Scientists unravel mystery of Italy’s Colli Albani volcano

Their findings revealed that Colli Albani's magma had significant amounts of trapped water and carbon dioxide.

Tiny sparks in water droplets: A new clue to life’s origins

Microlightning may have helped create the building blocks necessary for early life.

World’s oldest meteorite crater found in Australia

Redefining Earth’s Early History.

The surface of the Earth’s inner core may be changing

Earth’s inner core is less solid than previously thought.

Two huge, continental-sized islands discovered in Earth’s mantle

Earth’s mantle reveals hidden treasures.

Are there lost worlds in earth’s interior?

This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that are colder.
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