Scientists can make some pretty accurate forecasts about the future, but predicting what the Earth will be like in 500 years is difficult.

As a planet grows, it accumulates material from its surroundings, so its composition reflects the environment in which it formed.

Earth's core is characterized by extremely high pressure and temperature. It is composed of a liquid outer core and solid inner core.

New tech offers pathway for instantly converting CO2 as it is produced and locking it in a solid state, keeping it out of the atmosphere.

Scientists have shown how the freezing of a ‘slushy’ ocean of magma may be responsible for the composition of the Moon’s crust.

There are five significant mass extinctions, known as the "big five," where at least three-quarters of all species died.

While analyzing some of the world’s oldest coloured gemstones, researchers discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life.

We know that the continents are moving slowly due to plate tectonics, but continental drift only pushes the tectonic plates past each other.

Lava samples have revealed a new truth about the geological make-up of the Earth’s crust and could have implications for volcanic eruptions

Explorers have uncovered eight additional miles of passageways inside Kentucky's Mammoth Cave. Officials say there could be more to find.

Spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea have been discovered using 3D seismic reflection technology.

There might be a quadrillion tons of diamonds 100 miles below Earth’s surface. But the farthest we’ve traveled is 7 miles down.

NASA has confirmed that its Perseverance rover has succeeded in collecting its first rock sample on Mars.

Research teams that studied an ancient supervolcano in Indonesia found such volcanoes remain active and hazardous for thousands of years

It takes hard work to be a farmer, that is until you get a half-ton sapphire out of the ground when you are digging a well.

A new study reveals the complex history behind one of the Grand Canyon’s most well-known puzzles called the Great Unconformity.