MIT-led research uncovered chemical remnants of the proto Earth, offering a glimpse of the planet’s 4.5-billion-year-old ...

Rocks from Canada, Greenland, and Hawai'i have less of the already rare isotope potassium-40 than those from the rest of the ...

From desert carvings to underwater ruins, these ancient structures are so advanced that experts still can’t agree on what ...

MIT scientists have discovered ancient rock samples from Greenland, Canada, and Hawaii exhibiting a rare potassium-40 deficit ...

For years, scientists believed the “giant impact” that formed the Moon melted and reshaped the entire young Earth, erasing its original composition. The new MIT findings challenge that view.

The fall sky-gazing season is officially in full swing with the Orionid meteor shower peak in October and comet A6 Lemmon could be increasingly visible in the night sky.