Learn how time scales for objects thousands versus millions of years old could be better synchronized.

Scientists discovered a beryllium-10 anomaly in Pacific seabed rocks from 10 million years ago, possibly linked to ocean ...

Ariel’s medial grooves could provide important clues about the moon’s internal structure, particularly regarding the presence ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

Ancient volcanoes in New South Wales created a rich deposit of precious rare earths – and left clues for finding more.

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

The Somali plate is moving away from the Nubian plate, pulling apart the crust of the Earth. This activity will ultimately generate a new ocean basin as the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden submerges the ...