A striking image captured by Google Earth shows Earth from a perspective that reveals the planet’s vast blue surface in ...

The latest findings by scientists suggest that Earth may have had water from the very beginning, not from cosmic collisions. This discovery could change our understanding of planetary formation.

What’s even more wild is that hydrated minerals can transport ocean water deep inside the earth before being released to the surface by a volcanic eruption or other seismic activity. The deep ...

where water had been found before, they found that these areas were extremely rich in a chemical called hydrogen sulphide. Since this rock is so similar to the composition of the Earth when it ...

This means that our planet's water cycle includes the Earth's interior ... It therefore melts immediately and not just before it reaches the surface, as usually happens. As a result, the rock ...

Since direct observations of global water storage on land were scarce before 2002, the team looked at two other longer datasets as indicators: global sea-level rise and Earth’s tilt. Global sea ...

The water cycle refers to the complex system by which water moves around the Earth. Water evaporates from ... vapor able to travel long distances, before cooling, condensing and eventually falling ...

Before Earth was a planet, it was a cloud of dust ... more than enough to boil any surface water off into space. Scientists once believed this meant the planet would have been bone-dry in its ...

Many researchers believe these ancient rocks played a crucial role in delivering water to early Earth. Before hitting the Earth, rocks traveling through space are generally referred to as ...