To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Earth received water toward the final stages of its formation. This reshapes understanding of the conditions needed for life.

a new method for analyzing the Earth’s mantle — the layer below the crust and above the molten core — has revealed strange characteristics of tectonic plates below bodies of water and within ...

Scientist have concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as previously thought, an insight that bears directly on the question of when life originated on the planet. The finding ...

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New measurements indicate that the Moon formed from material ejected from the Earth's mantle with little contribution from Theia. In addition, the findings support the idea that water could have ...

A new study reveals the Moon formed from Earth's mantle, not a collision, reshaping lunar origin and water history, with findings supported by isotope analysis of Apollo samples.

Researchers have unveiled new findings that reshape our understanding of the Moon's formation and Earth's early hydration.

The study reveals that the moon was largely created from material ejected from Earth's mantle, not from the protoplanet Theia. Additionally, it offers new perspectives on the origin of water on ...

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that oxygen-17 isotopes on the moon closely ...