Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs about how our continents formed and when plate tectonics began.

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in continents.

A hidden continent existed under Greenland's ice. Scientists found this lost continental fragment. It is called the Davis ...

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Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features ...