An AI simulation of an impact shows basalt-rich (purple) and basalt-poor (green) regions. (Curtin University) The planet ...

Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, ...

Researchers from Curtin University in Australia modeled the heat dynamics of early Earth during the Hadean period around 4 ...

The deadly Venezuela earthquakes did more than topple buildings and leave communities reeling. They also changed the ...

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...

A new study says repeated asteroid impacts drove heat deep into the young Earth and kept its crust weak. This suggests heavy bombardment may have helped form continents while erasing most Hadean rocks ...

What if Earth's great extinctions were not only due to asteroids or volcanoes, but also to the passage of wandering planets?

Earth is constantly vibrating, even when no earthquakes occur. The source of the 26-second pulse has been narrowed to the ...

Repeated asteroid impacts during Earth's early history may have pumped so much heat into the planet's interior that stable ...

'Microseisms' are still baffling scientists, decades after their discovery ...