A 4.4-billion-year-old zircon crystal discovered in Australia may be the oldest surviving piece of Earth.

Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, ...

New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

A common mineral, α-alumina, found abundantly in Earth's crust, may have played a critical role in initiating the chemical ...

Zealandia is a geological outlier. It is by far the largest submerged continent and also the smallest recognized continent ...