Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

Earth likely formed from inner Solar System material alone, raising fresh questions about the origin of water on our planet.

For years, planetary scientists have argued that some of the material that built Earth must have drifted in from beyond ...

The chemical composition of meteorites and asteroids acts as a kind of fingerprint, providing information about the origin of ...

Planetary scientists Paolo Sossi and Dan Bower from ETH Zurich have published a peer-reviewed study in Nature Astronomy ...

A new analysis of meteorite isotopes challenges long-held ideas about Earth’s origins, suggesting our planet may have formed ...

Learn how subduction zones become enriched in gold through repeated melting of Earth's mantle.

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars – may have formed from two rings around the young sun, rather than a single disc ...

Exactly when and how plate tectonics started, however, is a matter of debate. Now, in a study published March 19 in the ...

Theories around the formation of Earth have just been challenged by researchers from ETH Zurich. For a long time, the general idea saw our planet forming from a mixture of local planetesimals – the ...

Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth, creating hot, chemical-rich environments where the first living cells ...

Scientists say they have uncovered new clues in Australia about when plate tectonics began on Earth, the only known planet to ...