It seems the Earth's core may contain more carbon than previously assumed, which changes how we understand its evolution.

Researchers have long struggled to explain how Earth’s solid inner core formed, cooled, and crystallized without undergoing ...

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Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

New research reveals that carbon made it possible for Earth’s molten core to freeze into a solid heart, stabilizing the magnetic field that protects our planet. Without it, Earth’s deep interior — and ...

Drawing of Earth with cutaway showing the mantle and inner and outer core. Magnetic field lines produced by the geodynamo ...

Researchers used atomic-scale computer simulations to discover the importance of carbon in forming a solid planetary core.

A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new ...

Discover the origin of life RNA thioesters proteins in water and how early chemistry may have sparked protein formation.

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The sky above us is a complex ecosystem, just like the land and sea. A new field of research is bringing a fresh ...

New research shows Earth formed dry and lifeless—until a chance cosmic collision delivered the ingredients needed for life.