Water, one of the essential ingredients for life on Earth, did not appear on the planet until after the moon-forming event, a new study claims ...

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

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 ...

Imagine a healthy planet with healthy humans living on it: the world has embarked on a path to clean energy, clean air and fresh water; we are feeding ourselves without compromising land or sea ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the fifth largest planet in our solar system, and it's the only one known for sure to have liquid water on its surface. Earth is also unique in terms of ...

The closest stellar system to Earth is the three star group ... that is neither too hot nor too cold for water to exist on an orbiting planet without boiling away or freezing.

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth ... results without (dashed blue arrow) and ... [+] with (solid blue arrow) groundwater mass redistribution. The water pumped ...