Since their formation billions of years ago, the oldest parts of Earth's continental rocks have generated natural hydrogen in ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Gigantic hidden fortresses discovered 1,800 miles underground in Earth's mantle, rewrite how the planet's interior works.

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research finds. This early rocky shell featured chemical signatures previously ...

Sunrise over Ahu Tongariki Moai in Easter Island, Chile. The discovery of crystal "time capsules" on the island has challenged the idea that the Earth’s crust and mantle might move together like ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving scientists to guess at how the eons-long process unfolds.

The changing of Earth's crust is a topic that is still being studied. Plate tectonics as they are currently known likely occurred during the past billion years, according to a 2021 study.

Early Earth's first crust composition discovery rewrites geological timeline Date: April 3, 2025 Source: Macquarie University Summary: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the ...

Earth These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements ...

Scientists have discovered evidence that the Earth's crust is peeling away beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountain range.

In a new paper published in Nature today, colleagues and I reveal secrets of Earth’s crust 4.5 billion years ago.