Geologists have long struggled to understand massive time gaps in Earth’s rock record, where millions—sometimes billions—of ...

Early explorers wondered why two neighboring islands, separated by something called the “Wallace Line,” had such different wildlife ... a free app brought to you by Eric Ralls and Earth.com.

Lunar eclipses occur when Earth, the sun and the moon line up so that our planet passes between the sun and the moon; that's why viewers on the moon such as lunar landers see a solar eclipse while ...

Reports from NASA’s Curiosity rover reveal evidence of ancient liquid water on Mars, challenging previous models. Images from Gale Crater show wave-like ripples, similar to Earth’s lakebeds.

Genevieve Formation, which is estimated to be about 340 million years old. Unlike some of the more mega-sized shark species of ancient Earth, park officials said the recently found shark only measured ...

Researchers have performed an updated analysis of an ancient child that was discovered in 1998 in the Lapedo Valley of Portugal. The find was a nearly complete skeleton, which was stained with red ...

"Until now, the absence of any truly ancient craters means they are largely ignored by geologists. "This study provides a crucial piece of the puzzle of Earth's impact history and suggests there ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Astronomers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa discovered an asteroid in 2024 that had a small chance of colliding with the Earth ... of the first lines of defense ...

Their study, published in GSA Bulletin, details the prolonged recovery of ecosystems following one of Earth’s most extreme warming events ... By understanding how ancient plant ecosystems weathered ...

There's a lot of debate about what LLVPs are. Some studies have suggested that they're material from the ancient Earth — either a layer of primordial unmixed rock from the planet's formation or ...

The 25th Dynasty, introduced their own pyramids, showcasing their cultural and political connection to ancient Egypt. The construction of Nubian pyramids commenced at El Kurru in 751 BC, initially ...

When was the last time you thought about where all the oxygen on Earth came from? During this study, scientists were looking into what kind of events happened on Earth in order to allow oxygenation to ...