This intriguing revelation is reshaping our understanding of the Earth's water cycle and its intricate geophysical processes. Prior to this groundbreaking discovery, scientists were already aware ...

"When water was delivered to the planet is a major unanswered question in planetary science," said Katherine Bermingham, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in ...

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging ... massive ocean hidden under the Earth’s crust. It turns out there’s a huge supply of water 400 miles underground stored ...

About 55 million kilograms of rock hits the Earth every year, and around two per cent of that is water. This hints that at least some of Earth’s water arrived from space. Late in 2010 ...

"If we want to predict the effects of climate change on Earth's water resources ... associate in the UMD Department of Environmental Science & Technology who began the work at the University ...

A research team has discovered another piece in the puzzle of the formation of the Moon and water on Earth. The prevailing theory was that the Moon was the result of a collision between the early ...

Water, one of the essential ingredients for life on Earth, did not appear on the planet until after the moon-forming event, a new study claims ...

"In a broad sense, it is possible that small celestial bodies brought things that led to water and life on Earth," Motoo Ito, a senior researcher of geomaterials science at the Japan Agency for ...

With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the fifth largest planet in our solar system, and it's the only one known for sure to have liquid water on its surface. Earth is also unique in terms of ...

New measurements indicate that the moon formed from material ejected from the Earth's mantle with little contribution from Theia. In addition, the findings support the idea that water could have ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. By pumping water out of the ground, humans have shifted such a large mass ...