There's a billion-year gap in Earth's geological history. A new study seeks to explain the mystery.

New research shows that the earliest sponges were soft bodied and lacked skeletons, explaining why their oldest fossils are ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Where did all the water come from? Water, water everywhere. It covers 70 percent of Earth’s surface and earns it the nickname “the blue planet.” And yet… where did it come from? How is it so abundant ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests these ingredients weren’t missing from the start. Instead, they were likely ...

In September 2023, a global seismic mystery began to unfold. Every 90 seconds, the Earth pulsed with a strange, low-frequency vibration that lasted for nine days straight. Then, just when scientists ...

From waterfalls that seem to disappear into nowhere to blood-colored water, these places are shrouded in mystery-even if science can explain most of them.

Experiments show how concentrations of rare earth elements, critical to the green energy transition, might be hiding in plain sight in iron-rich deposits around the world. When you purchase through ...

A view of Earth from the Space Shuttle Discovery shows late afternoon sun on the Andes Mountains, with glare and heavy cloud illumination. One of the more counterintuitive explanations for how Earth ...

Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image of the Dickson Fjord in East Greenland. (Credit: Thomas Monahan.) (CN) — When the Earth started pulsing every 90 seconds in September 2023, scientists didn’t know ...

Join Five Elements Gem and Mineral as they host the annual Oregon Geo Fest to celebrate Earth’s historical beauty and ageless mysteries. For a one-day family fun event on Sunday, July 20, visitors ...