Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction.

Did you know that the Moon's mother made sacrifices to give birth to it? Around 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-sized planetary body named Theia collided with proto-Earth (early Earth) to form the Blue ...

The work is described in a new paper, ‘The Moon-forming impactor Theia originated from the inner Solar System’, published in the journal Science.

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University suggests that if it weren't for the gas giant, the Earth would have ...