Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AI models used ancient zircons to reveal Earth's earliest crust chemistry, solving a long-standing geologic mystery. (CREDIT: CC ...

Beneath our feet lie answers to questions about what Earth was like in the past. Fossils can tell us about what kinds of plants and animals were alive during different periods. Ice cores drilled out ...

In the 1997 action film "Dante's Peak," Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity beneath a long-dormant volcano. Years after its release, the story ...

Scientists have recovered the first long section of rocks that originated in the Earth's mantle, the layer below the crust and the planet's largest component. The rocks will help unravel the mantle's ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched ...

In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, crashing meteorites, and constant tectonic activity repeatedly resurfaced ...