Ancient rocks from Greenland, Canada and Hawaii preserve a rare chemical fingerprint that may come from the Earth before the ...

This chemical signature or fingerprint doesn't show up in studies of other large impacts on Earth, or in any geological ...

The deficit of this isotope is now thought to mean that some of the oldest rocks on Earth are actually remnants of our planet ...

Researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of Earth's earliest incarnation, preserved in ancient mantle rocks. A ...

Deep rock samples from Greenland, Canada, Hawaii reveal remnants of planet’s 4.5-billion-year-old precursor, offering new ...

Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great ...

Scientists believe that Earth's core is a massive ball of iron. However, a new discovery suggests that the Earth's core is surrounded by an unexpected ancient structure. A high-resolution map of the ...

Ancient humans living across Southeast Asian islands over 40,000 years ago were building sturdy, seafaring boats with plant ...

The unidentified stone idol appeared in the earth as archaeologists excavated an ancient fortress in present-day Armenia.