Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

Learn about the rapid melting of the last Ice Age and how it led to the era of the 'plumeworld ocean' on Earth.

Evidence from Colorado suggests glaciers once covered Earth to the equator, supporting the Snowball Earth theory. This ...

Interactions between Earth and the solar system have profoundly shaped the planet’s history, influencing evolution and ...

When the ice melted and the ground thawed, complex multicellular life emerged, eventually leading to life-forms we recognize today. The Snowball Earth hypothesis has been largely based on evidence ...

Samples from the far side of the moon gathered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission record eons of tumultuous lunar history ...

Through the intricate study of lava tubes -- caves formed following volcanic eruptions when lava cools down -- an international team of researchers has uncovered clues about Earth's ancient ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history ...

New research reveals Earth likely had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago. Now scientists say this could point to ...

The Earth has always been bombarded with rocks from space. It’s true to say though that there were more rocks flying around the Solar System during earlier periods of its history. A team of ...