Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Since their formation billions of years ago, the oldest parts of Earth's continental rocks have generated natural hydrogen in ...

Since their formation billions of years ago, the oldest parts of the Earth's continental rocks have generated natural ...

The Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest manmade hole ever drilled into the Earth's crust, is one of the most fascinating scientific endeavors of the 20th century. Located in the Kola Peninsula of ...

More information: Natural hydrogen resource accumulation in the continental crust, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s43017-025-00670-1 ...

Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case in point: the discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in the remote Pilbara region of ...

In a discovery that sounds straight out of a sci-fi thriller, scientists from Göttingen University in Germany have found traces of precious metals, including gold, leaking from Earth’s core ...

That's important for how we think about the interaction between Earth's interior and its surface." Related: Earth's Crust Is Dripping Under Midwest US, Scientists Discover ...

Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, and as the eons passed, the crust of the young planet experienced turbulence. Asteroid collisions shattered some parts, which melted and recrystallized, while ...