An international team of researchers' analysis of minerals from the Pilbara region of Western Australia has given new insight ...

The Webb telescope has detected a dark, atmosphere-less rocky exoplanet that could shed light on how Earth-like worlds die.

Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the ...

UWA researchers have helped to unearth more about how ancient continents formed on Earth 3.5 billion years ago.

Earth's earliest continents may have set the chemical stage for life by regulating boron levels in ancient oceans, a new ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden biosphere buried miles beneath Earth’s surface, where life survives without sunlight, fresh air, or anything resembling a normal ecosystem. Some microbes live in ...

25 million years ago in Siberia, Russia, the Earth's crust literally ripped itself open and created what would become Lake Baikal, the deepest lake on Earth. Lake Baikal sits in an active rift valley, ...

A new study suggests that a rift in Kenya and Ethiopia has reached a critical stage in the split-up process, and that water ...

Helium-rich gases rising through hot springs could mark the early stages of continental breakup in southern Africa.

A scorching, airless world just 48 light-years away is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the geology of distant planets ...