Ever since the term “Snowball Earth” was first proposed in a 1992 paper, it has prompted substantial debate among scientists.

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of Mars eventually crashed into the Earth and is one of the few meteorites ...

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder have uncovered strong evidence that supports Snowball Earth theory.

An international collaboration of scientists including two from Purdue University's College of Science have recently ...

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Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

We have an extremely incomplete picture of what these snowball periods looked like, and Antarctic terrain provides different ...

In a bid to unearth its own nickel, lithium, and more, the U.S. is using AI to help zero in on mineral-rich deposits.

During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white ...

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

The existence of “Snowball Earth” is now widely accepted, but the idea ice coverage was universal is so extraordinary and ...