Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.

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Atmos reports on the significance of understanding rocks to address climate issues.

Learn about the continent-sized rocks hidden deep within Earth's mantle that have influenced the magnetic field for millions of years.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely ...

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to ...

Ancient Scottish rocks prove Earth had seasons and climate cycles even during Snowball Earth period despite near total ...

Even when Earth was locked in a global deep freeze, its climate may have kept moving. Ancient rocks reveal seasonal and decade scale cycles beneath the ice during Snowball Earth.

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time ...

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The Earth with the upper mantle revealed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock in a key region just below the tectonic ...