Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their formation but ours managed to hit.

Old crystals found in Western Australia are drawing fresh attention from geologists studying how the planet first took shape.

Satellite image of Earth displayed the North American continent (top) and the South American continent (bottom). (Pixabay via Courthouse News) (CN) — Like making a cake, dry materials came before ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

A study on the Earth's formation titled "Stochastic accretion of the Earth" has been published in the journal Nature Astronomy. Researchers from ETH Zurich have used a new modeling approach to ...

Scientists suggest that huge reserves of hydrogen inside the Earth may have been key in the formation of water.

A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with masses similar to Jupiter formed much sooner than previously thought, according to new research. The Ohio State University study's results ...

A peculiar property of the Earth's magnetic field could help us to work out how our planet was created 4.5 billion years ago, according to a new scientific assessment. There are several theories about ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.