The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history.

What: Astronomers using JWST and ALMA have captured the earliest known stage of planet formation around the protostar HOPS-315 in the Orion Molecular Cloud. Guest: Dr ...

In the beginning, when planets were newborn, they glowed like furnaces, vast oceans of molten rock wrapped in heavy blankets ...

Recent scientific discoveries have unearthed evidence of a cataclysmically destroyed planet, fragments of which contributed ...

Our galaxy’s most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres during their early years. New experimental work ...

Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...

But smaller meteorites, too small to be easily spotted, could be anywhere. Flat roofs have long been a popular hunting ground ...

Eugene Shoemaker, the founder of astrogeology, dedicated his life to understanding planetary formation through impacts. His ...

The African continent is gradually splitting apart. Although a new ocean is expected to form as a result, it won't be for millions of years.

Far from boring, this period saw the reorganization of deep Earth in manners that prepared the way for life to grow complex.

A mysterious and eerie formation in the Sahara has caught NASA's attention—could it be an ancient geological enigma, or ...

Uranus’s tiny moon Ariel may have had a subsurface ocean that made up around 55% of its total volume. By mapping craters, ...