Geologists studying some of the planet's oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new evidence that water was playing a major ...

Major clues to the origins of our planet—and life itself—are locked inside some three billion-year-old volcanic rocks from ...

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers discovered that bridgmanite deep in the mantle can store far more water at high ...

At first, scientists thought Earth’s water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth’s water is homegrown. For decades, NASA’s exploration of the solar system has been dominated by ...

Geologists studying some of the planet’s oldest volcanic rocks have uncovered new evidence that water was playing a major ...