A comprehensive examination of the oldest minerals on the planet, microscopic grains of zircon more resistant than diamond, ...

Parts of the ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought. New research led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Mad ...

The oldest crystals formed on Earth contain signs that continents existed during the Hadean Eon and were being subducted into the mantle more than 4 billion years ago. If true, this would not only ...

Parts of the ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.New research ...

The Hadean Earth was not a “young paradise” — it was a violent, molten world under nonstop bombardment. Oceans of lava, toxic ...

The discovery of catalytic RNA transformed our understanding of life's beginnings. Clare Sansom explores how the RNA world ...

RPI Professor Karyn Rogers, director of the Rensselaer Astrobiology Research and Education Center, and graduate student Meri ...

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PCWorld reports that scientists discovered Earth’s inner core has slowed its rotation relative to the crust, even appearing to stop moving in a phenomenon that occurs every 35 years. This iron-nickel ...