New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

The nanozymes hypothesis proposes that mineral nanoparticles drove chemical evolution on early Earth, helping transform inert matter into life through catalytic and environmental processes.

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began. A study ...

Earth wasn't always a covered with lush greenery and glorious blue oceans teeming with life. In fact, around 700 million years ago it was a shimmering 'snowball', an ice planet worthy of Star Wars.

Learn how a flip in Earth's magnetic field may have caused changes in the radiation on our planet.