Earth's first continents may have emerged from the planet's primordial oceans much earlier than we thought, just six hundred million years after the planet formed, new research suggests. The ...

Scientists have seemingly settled long-standing arguments about whether the components of Earth originated from the inner or ...

Explore the history of life on Earth, from 3.5-billion-year-old fossils to the vast diversity of species on our planet today.

Computational modeling shows that plate tectonics weren't necessary for early continents. The formation of Earth's continents billions of years ago set the stage for life to thrive. But scientists ...

Our Moon was formed from a violent collision that occurred around 4.5 billion years ago. And the giant body that smashed into the Earth, birthing the planet’s natural satellite, was named Theia. A new ...

Around 4.5 billion years ago, a planet called Theia is thought to have smashed into newborn Earth. The messy collision kicked up debris, which probably formed our nighttime companion, the moon. While ...

"We will never witness the formation of Earth, but here, around a young star 440 light-years away, we may be watching a planet come into existence in real time," says Francesco Maio, a doctoral ...

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