Swedish researchers have presented evidence in Science to support their new theory about the structure of the earth's core. The findings may be of significance for our understanding of the cooling ...

North Carolina lawmakers could replace earth science with computer science as a high school graduation requirement. Legislation that will be considered Tuesday by the state House K-12 Education ...

This rendering shows a carbonate ion (red/grey) dissolved in water (pink/white) against a backdrop of a cross section of the Earth. New computer simulations show that under pressure deep in the Earth, ...

Scientists have vaporized the Earth -- if only by simulation, that is mathematically and inside a computer. They weren't just practicing their evil overlord skills. By baking model Earths, they are ...

A violent battering of the early Earth by comets and asteroids that went on for 500 millions years was crucial to the evolution of our planet and may have prepared it for life, researchers say. The ...

Iron-rich spherules like the ones shown here can contain chemical clues about the composition of the early Earth’s atmosphere. (UW Photo / Don Brownlee) Today, rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere ...