Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...
In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...
Geologists have long struggled to understand massive time gaps in Earth’s rock record, where millions—sometimes billions—of ...
Scientists now know how to drill deep enough to tap into an energy supply that would power the world for more than 20 million ...
The next layer, the mantle, stretches about 1,800 miles (2,900km) below Earth's surface. The mantle contains both magma, or molten rock, and slowly-moving solid rock. Earth's innermost layer is ...
What Was Happening on Earth at This Time The Precambrian is the earliest of the geologic ages, which are marked by different layers of sedimentary rock. Laid down over millions of years ...
"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 billion years ago, the planet had rivers, lakes and even oceans with sandy ...
It was through a letter dated March 30, 1579 that Giovanni Arduino announced the four orders that form the basis of ...