An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ancient mantle and continents, and the early beginnings of the moon.

New research reveals that Earth’s so-called “Boring Billion” was a time of dramatic change beneath the surface.

Earth’s climate balance isn’t just governed by the slow weathering of silicate rocks, which capture carbon and stabilize temperature over eons. New research reveals that biological and oceanic ...

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The radiation budget between the northern and southern hemisphere is steadily widening. A new study suggests that this gap is due to radiation ...

A supermoon will be visible in Australian skies on Tuesday as the moon comes near its closest point to Earth. The moon will ...

A cluster of telescopes lined the concrete outside of Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, and families leaned in to take peeks at the moon’s craters through their lenses. Strangers chatted to each other about ...

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Thinking about science and technology in terms of return on investment misses the point. Here’s what kids really need to know. No lightsaber ever came to be, but I’ve been teaching undergraduates ...

Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, ...

Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns. Earth has been pushed past multiple physical and chemical boundaries crucial for keeping the world a ...

A team of geophysicists say that an enormous mass shifted deep beneath the Earth’s surface 18 years ago. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters last month, a team ...