How Magnetism Could Help Explain Earth’s Formation
A peculiar property of the Earth’s magnetic field could help us to work out how our planet was created
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Discovery Boosts Theory That Life on Earth Arose from RNA-DNA Mix
Newly described chemical reaction could have assembled DNA building blocks before life forms and their enzymes existed
Earth Recycles Ocean Floor into Diamonds
Traces of salt trapped in many diamonds show the stones are formed from ancient seabeds that became buried deep beneath the Earth's crust
Oldest Meteorite Collection on Earth Found in One of the Driest Places
To recover a meteorite record for millions of years, the researchers headed to the Atacama Desert
How Earth's Mantle is Like a Jackson Pollock Painting
A new paper paints an even more intricate picture of Earth's mantle as a geochemically diverse mosaic
From Earth’s Deep Mantle, Scientists Discover a New Way Volcanoes Form
Cornell geoscientists have discovered the first direct evidence that material from deep within Earth’s mantle transition zone can percolate to the surface to form volcanoes
Earliest Life May Have Arisen in Ponds, Not Oceans
Study finds shallow bodies of water were probably more suitable for Earth’s first life forms
Scientists Go to Extremes to Reveal Makeup of Earth's Core
The chemical composition of the Earth's core is still poorly understood, despite more than 60 years of research
The 'Stuff' of the Universe Keeps Changing
Review discusses how stable elements came from the lives and deaths of stars
Earth’s Inner Core Is Much Younger Than We Thought
Researchers have always differed on estimates of when the inner core actually formed