A first thought when describing a rock formation likely isn't a mille-feuille, but there are actually certain types composed ...

In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...

The interior of the mysterious far side of the moon may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, suggests a new ...

When astronauts returned from NASA's final Apollo moon mission in 1972, some of the samples they collected were sealed and ...

The moon is sometimes called "two-faced" because the surface of its side perpetually facing away from Earth looks so ...

Scientists have discovered that the far side of the Moon is colder deep within its interior than the side that always faces ...

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

Rock layers deposited before and after the major dinosaur extinction event 65 million years ago are surprisingly different.

A new peer-reviewed study finds that early planet formations were assembled from fragments of earlier bodies within the Solar System.

New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is not uniform. Researchers suggest fewer heat-producing elements on the far ...

About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth’s malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that form in completely opposing chemical environments—a combination so unusual ...