There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did ...

There's a billion-year gap in Earth's geological history. A new study seeks to explain the mystery.

A new modeling study suggests that salt left behind on sea ice could have made the planet even brighter and colder as global ...

In 1986, Kihachiro Aratake was diving off the coast of Yonaguni when he spotted a giant structure 25 meters below the surface ...

Our planet plunged into one of the most dramatic climate states in its long history, approximately 720–635 million years ago.

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

The X-Men are the most important group in mutant history, and some of teh oldest mutants on Earth have molded the team.

New research shows that early land plants started influencing Earth’s climate hundreds of millions of years earlier than ...

Celebrating his birthday, Olusegun Obasanjo at 89 says he won't die soon. He slammed death rumors and reflected on Africa's ...

President Olusegun Obasanjo discusses Africa's leadership crisis, reflects on his past, and dismisses death rumors.

A team of scientists has investigated the so-called "Grand Canyon of the Atlantic": A huge underwater canyon extending 500 ...