The Earth’s oceans began forming over 4 billion years ago, shortly after the planet's formation. Water vapor released from volcanic activity condensed to form the early oceans as the planet cooled.

The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...

For one camper, a quick browse on Google Maps led to the discovery of what appears to be a meteor crater. Researchers are ...

Existing Oceans Currently, Earth has five distinct oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, and Arctic. The formation of a sixth ocean could bring significant changes to the planet's geography.

This research builds off previous studies that hypothesized a correlation between star’s low metallicity and the formation of exoplanets smaller than Saturn or Neptune. For this new study, the ...

It says that persistent contrail clouds disturb the atmosphere’s energy balance by preventing heat from escaping back into space. To address this, Google has joined forces with American Airlines in a ...

So Mars is probably the best opportunity to understand how Earth formed. Vinciane Debaille (LPI), Alan Brandon (JSC), Qing-zhu Yin and Ben Jacobsen (UCD) present these new findings in a paper ...

“For 30 years, the late-veneer hypothesis has been the dominant paradigm for understanding Earth’s early history, and our ultimate origins,” Humayun said.