How did Earth keep its water during a time when the entire planet was a molten inferno? :globe_showing_Europe-Africa::fire: A groundbreaking 2025 study reveals that water may have been locked away ...

Omar Yaghi thinks crystals with gaps that capture moisture could bring technology from “Dune” to the arid parts of Earth.

Oxygen began entering Earth's oceans around 2.32 billion years ago, and shallow seas followed within a few million years.

It is time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. And I am joined, as always, by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber... REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Woo (ph). DETROW: ...

The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late ...

Where the heck did we get the idea of fighting fire with fire? For how often it gets used, it sure doesn’t seem like good ...

Far below the oceans and continents we know, Earth’s deep mantle appears to have stored far more water in its early history ...

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might have drenched the Red Planet. That is the startling conclusion from new ...