A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

The cool conditions which have allowed ice caps to form on Earth are rare events in the planet’s history and require many complex processes working at once, according to new research.

bridging a longstanding gap between surface processes and processes deep in the Earth," said Jun Korenaga, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences in Yale's Faculty of Arts and Sciences ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test — a comprehensive model for estimating the origins of Earth’s habitability, based in part on ocean acidity. The new ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

What is happening in Earth's inner core? Discover the implications of its deformation for seismic activity and navigation.

A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the prebiotic processes that may have led to life. By exposing organic molecules to ...

We asked experts at NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology what scientists know about the asteroid that could ...

Earth’s inner core is shifting, slowing, and reshaping. Scientists study its impact on magnetic fields, pole movement, and ...