Earth’s surface is constantly shifting, ... Scientists estimate that it persisted for 160 million years before finally ...

The newly found fossils are 209 million years old and include at least 16 vertebrate species, seven of them previously unknown.

Earth Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago, ... An artist’s rendering of the Earth surrounded by a temporary ring of debris 466 million years ago. ... By Becky Ferreira. Published Sept. 20, 2024 ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, ... The most recent evidence suggests that it persisted in some form until about 20 million years ago.

Most dinosaurs suddenly went extinct about 66 million years ago after an asteroid struck Earth. You can see evidence of this impact at the Chicxulub crater on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico ...

Mars is apparently not the only planet on our radar capable of sustaining life. UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super-Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the ...

A few million years following the period of increased meteor strikes, about 445 million years ago, there was a dramatic decrease in Earth’s global temperatures known as the Hirnantian Age.

The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought -- thanks to evidence discovered at an Australian fossil site that represents a critical ...

Overall, the researchers believe that there could have been a bottleneck somewhere between 930,000 to 813,000 years ago, which led to a 98.7% reduction of humans on Earth.

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature could explain a climate shift at the time.