While the eruptions of the volcanoes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge usually don't trouble us, their birth was once responsible for ripping a supercontinent apart and creating the Atlantic Ocean that we know today.

In some places, the rocks below the Great Unconformity are about 1.2 billion years older than those above it. This missing chapter in Earth’s history might be linked to a fracturing supercontinent, out-of-control glaciers, and maybe the...

For the last hundred and fifty years or so, geologists have been trying to wrap their heads around the mystery: in some places, the geologic record just seems to jump by over billion years. And last week, a paper was published that may...

It turns out life may have gotten its start pretty early in Earth's history, and while the first couple billion years saw several important developments, the period was still dominated by very simple life forms. This is our first...

Thanks to some amazing scientific insights, we know a lot about the interior of our planet - even though we’ve never even made it through the crust.

People ask Google everything under the sun. One of the most commonly searched questions in the world is “How old is Earth?” SciShow has the answer!

How do we know how old the Earth is? Learn how we date rocks, the moon, and planets.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest rocks from Earth, and they're shaking up what we knew about Earth's history.

Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to point at a fossil and know that it’s the first, say, plant? Well... yeah! But it's not that easy! Scientists are always making new discoveries that throw all our old assumptions into...

Geochemists at the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with scientists from the United States and Australia, are using zircon crystals to recreate a picture of Earth 4 billion years ago. Contrary to previous beliefs, their findings...

This video explains the difference between zircon and zirconium, highlighting their intertwined relationship. They discuss the origins of the names, the discovery of zirconium, and its various uses in industries such as ceramics, glass,...

Let's take a look back at the elements carbon, gold, neon, zirconium, and antimony.