About 4. 6 billion years ago, the Solar System formed from a cloud of dust and gas collapsing in on itself due to gravity.

The James Webb space telescope has captured data that could help us better understand how Earth formed billions of years ago. According to the new data, James Webb has detected water vapor in ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles within this cloud collided and clumped together, driven by gravity and ...

The JWST found water vapor in planet-forming disks, supporting a longstanding theory about how worlds form. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

If you were to imagine all of Earth's history as just one day, as in Carl Sagan's cosmic calendar, humans wouldn't arrive ...

Scientists found that carbon enabled Earth’s core to solidify. Without it, the inner core may not exist. A team of scientists ...

A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this ...

The appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere was a turning point in the history of our planet, forever transforming the ...

How old is Earth? Our planet's age is known from a variety of sources, from rocks on our own planet to ones from the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...