New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics begin?

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river ... a mid-crust made up of fractured, water-saturated igneous rock best explains ...

Rivers meander where there is the least resistance. In this diagram, the river is moving around the rocks. Rivers usually begin in upland areas, when rain falls on high ground and begins to flow ...

A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface. I’ve been asked by my fellow explorers to get some rock samples from Mount ...