A timeline of 485 million years of Earth’s surface temperatures shows ancient greenhouse conditions were hotter than scientists thought.
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that Earth may have had a ring system, which formed around 466 million years ago.
Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two meters in ...
A new study co-led by the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's ...
It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind.
At that time, what is now Ireland was submerged under a shallow tropical sea. The marine environment was home to a wide ...
High in the Canadian wilderness, Smithsonian scientists search for ancient minerals that could explain the origins of the ...
Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth's inner core — a solid ball of iron and nickel that plays a crucial role in shaping the conditions we experience on the ...
A new study from Monash University scientists suggests that Earth may have had a ring system that formed around 466 million ...