Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

Magnetic crystals provide the earliest evidence yet of the plate tectonics that likely made Earth habitable, pushing its start back by 140 million years.

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say.

Scientists discover a nearby planet with a molten interior and sulfur-rich atmosphere, L 98-59 d, revealing a possible new ...