Planetary scientists led by Paolo Sossi have determined that Earth assembled almost entirely from material originating in the ...

Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed Earth comes from. Despite its location in the inner ...

Planetary scientists have discovered that high energy electrons in Earth's plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes on the Moon's surface and, importantly, the electrons may have aided ...

Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features associated with continental crust. However, a recent study published in ...

Earth likely formed from inner Solar System material alone, raising fresh questions about the origin of water on our planet.

(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers, led by a University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa planetary scientist, discovered that high energy electrons in Earth’s plasma sheet are contributing to weathering ...