Learn how the fossils of ancient organisms help scientists navigate deep time — and uncover Earth’s hidden history.

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites ...

The Zond 1 probe was the second Soviet spacecraft to reach Venus, and the first lander to have been sent there. However, ...

Ancient rocks reveal a potassium-40 deficit, the first physical evidence of the proto-Earth and insights into early planetary ...

Scientists discovered 6-million-year-old ice in Antarctica, offering the oldest direct record of Earth’s ancient atmosphere ...

New evidence says the Karnak Temple's first footprint rose on natural high ground that sat among ancient channels carved by ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...

NASA confirms 3I/ATLAS visible tonight — learn when and where to spot the rare interstellar comet lighting up Earth's skies ...

Moroccan rocks suggest that what had been thought to be wild, random movements of continents was actually Earth's magnetic ...

The model suggests that in a billion years, Earth will lose its oxygen, and with that, humans will cease to exist.

The study also compared the results with measurements of lunar anorthosites, which are rare rocks on Earth but very common on ...