The earliest days of Earth held secrets that scientists are still trying to uncover. One of the greatest mysteries is how life began. A key part of the answer lies in a rare element: phosphorus. This ...

For centuries, humanity has pondered one of the greatest mysteries: how did life begin on Earth? Traditional theories have pointed to chemical reactions in Earth's early oceans, deep-sea hydrothermal ...

Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects of viscosity in their simulation, they revealed a self-sustaining dynamo ...

How does the Earth’s orbit influence our daylight and temperatures? As the Earth orbits the sun, it spins around an axis – picture a stick going through the Earth, from the North Pole to the South ...

The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late ...