The rocks didn’t look like much from the outside. Scattered across a remote stretch of western Australia called North Pole ...

Scientists have long sought to explain a key mismatch in Earth's early history: oxygen-producing photosynthesis evolved ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest direct evidence yet that Earth’s tectonic plates were on the move 3.5 billion years ago.

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...

Located just 35 light-years away, this world is roughly 1.6 times the size of Earth. But don’t call it a twin. It’s a ...

The surface of asteroid Bennu has long left questions for scientists after a NASA planetary science mission showed the ...

Scientists are trying to understand why the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere changed by about 90 parts per million (ppmv) between icy (glacial) and warmer (interglacial) periods in Earth’s history.

Adina Paytan, a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science Department and the Institute of Marine Science, has been awarded the Tommy and Yvette Edmondson Distinguished Service Award by the ...

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Committee Biographical Information." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2018. Visions into Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade ...

The Schumann Resonance is often called the “heartbeat of the Earth.” Here’s what it is, the science behind it, and why ...

This study will describe how international and national planetary protection policy has been formulated and adopted and identify associated lessons to inform future policy development. The National ...