Imagine if Earth's history had a mystery novel, and one of its biggest unsolved puzzles was: Where did all the nitrogen go? Scientists have long known that our planet's rocky outer layers—the ...

A research team has produced the first direct experimental evidence that Earth’s iron core traps hydrogen inside nanoscale structures, a finding that supports a long-debated hypothesis: the deepest ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests these ingredients weren’t missing from the start. Instead, they were likely ...

Researchers trying to understand how the planets formed have uncovered a new clue by analysing meteorites that are older than the earth. The research shows that the process which depleted planets and ...

Decades-old radioactive glass found blanketing the ground after the first nuclear test bomb explosion is being used by scientists to examine theories about the Moon's formation some 4.5 billion years ...