In a certain number of years, Earth's 5 continents (counted by convention, excluding Antarctica) will merge into one.

The Pacific Ocean is the biggest and deepest ocean, covering a huge part of Earth. It separates Asia and Australia from the ...

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Earth may have cooled during a close encounter with dense star clouds. Interstellar dust from the Orion region might have ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...

Discover the connection between volcanic events and the rise of Earth's oxygen levels that enabled complex life to thrive.

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

Extraordinary heat from a future supercontinent formation could lead to a mass extinction of mammals, including humans, in ...

It suggests that the world was previously hit by huge impacts that we may not know about, and the craters left behind might ...

Scientists found that volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived oxygen spikes before Earth's air became breathable.